Oregon City Federation of Teachers v. Public Employe Relations Board

Petitioner initiated an unfair labor practice charge before the Public Employe Relations Board and now appeals from the Board’s adverse decision.

ORS 243.672(1) (f) makes it an unfair labor practice for a labor organization to “fail to comply with any provision of ORS 243.650 to 243.782.” One of the statutes included in that cross-reference, ORS 243.650(10), defines “fair-share agreement” as

“* * * an agreement between the public employer and the recognized or certified bargaining representative of public employes whereby employes who are not members of the employe organization are required to…