Your editorial “Oregon Punishes the Freedom Foundation” (Dec. 29) hits home. I thought Janus v. Afscme settled the issue that no government can force workers to fund unions they don’t support. I was wrong.
Blue states have spent the seven-and-a-half years since the high court’s decision trying to find a workaround. As you note, Oregon has taken the most extreme step yet by targeting groups like the Freedom Foundation with a new statute effectively making it unlawful to tell public employees they have a right to opt out of union membership…
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I Beat My Union in Court. Did Oregon Forget?
By Mark Janus | Jan 6, 2026
(Wall Street Journal: Opinion)
Your editorial “Oregon Punishes the Freedom Foundation” (Dec. 29) hits home. I thought Janus v. Afscme settled the issue that no government can force workers to fund unions they don’t support. I was wrong.
Blue states have spent the seven-and-a-half years since the high court’s decision trying to find a workaround. As you note, Oregon has taken the most extreme step yet by targeting groups like the Freedom Foundation with a new statute effectively making it unlawful to tell public employees they have a right to opt out of union membership…
Continue reading this commentary on The Wall Street Journal website by clicking here. (access limited to subscribers only).