2005 Oregon Code - Chapter 661 :: Chapter 661 - Organized Labor - Union Labels
Chapter 661 — Organized Labor; Union Labels
2005 EDITION
ORGANIZED LABOR; UNION LABELS
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS; COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
661.010Â Â Â Â Lawfulness of labor unions
661.020Â Â Â Â Labor not a commodity; employment rights are personal
661.030Â Â Â Â Collective bargaining for lawful purposes is legal
661.040Â Â Â Â Limitations on fees charged laborers by collective bargaining agents; access to and inspection of records; accounting
UNION LABELS
661.210Â Â Â Â Counterfeiting of union label and possession or sale thereof prohibited
661.220Â Â Â Â Unauthorized use of label, name or seal of union prohibited
661.230Â Â Â Â Procedure for recording union label
661.240Â Â Â Â Certificate of recording; effect of record; limitations on filing of similar labels
661.245Â Â Â Â Fees for filing, copying and certifying records
661.250Â Â Â Â Civil remedies for infringing or counterfeiting
661.260Â Â Â Â Liability for false or fraudulent filing
661.270Â Â Â Â Who may bring action on behalf of unincorporated association or union
661.280Â Â Â Â Attorney fees
PENALTIES
661.990Â Â Â Â Penalties
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS; COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
     661.010
Lawfulness of labor unions. Working men and women may organize themselves
into, or carry on labor unions for the purpose of lessening the hours of labor,
increasing the wages, bettering the conditions of the members of such
organizations or carrying out their legitimate purposes as freely as they could
do if acting singly.
     661.020
Labor not a commodity; employment rights are personal. (1) The labor of a
human being is not a commodity or article of commerce.
     (2) The right to enter into the relation of employer and employee, to change that relation, to assume and create a new relation for employer and employee or to work and labor as an employee, shall be held and construed to be a personal and not a property right.
     661.030
Collective bargaining for lawful purposes is legal. No person shall be
indicted, prosecuted or tried in any court of this state for entering into or
carrying on any arrangement, agreement or combination between themselves made
with a view of lessening the number of hours of labor or increasing wages, bettering
the conditions of working men and women or for any act done in pursuance
thereof, unless such act is in itself forbidden by law if done by a single
individual.
     661.040
Limitations on fees charged laborers by collective bargaining agents; access to
and inspection of records; accounting. (1) No organization, association or
person, legally authorized to act as collective bargaining agent or
representative of laboring people, shall make any charge or exaction for
initiation fees, dues, fines or other exactions, which will create a fund in
excess of the legitimate requirements of such organization, association or
person, in carrying out the lawful purpose or activities of such organization,
association or person.
     (2) Every such organization, association and person shall keep accurate books itemizing all receipts and expenditures and the purpose of such expenditures.
     (3) Any member of any labor organization or association is entitled at all reasonable times to inspect the books, records and accounts of such association or organization, or any agent or representative thereof, and to have an accounting of all money and property thereof.
     (4) The circuit courts of this state, and the judges thereof, have jurisdiction to enforce this section, including full power to issue restraining orders and temporary and permanent injunctions, and such other and further orders as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out and enforce this section.
UNION LABELS
     661.210
Counterfeiting of union label and possession or sale thereof prohibited.
Whenever any person or any association or union adopts or uses any label,
trademark, term, design, device or form of advertisement for the purpose of
designating, making known or distinguishing any goods, wares, merchandise or
other product of labor as having been made, manufactured, produced, prepared,
packed or put on sale by such person or association or union, or by members of
such association or union:
     (1) A person shall not counterfeit or imitate such label, trademark, term, design, device or form of advertisement, or use, sell, offer for sale or in any way utter or circulate any counterfeit or imitation of any such label, trademark, term, design, device or form of advertisement;
     (2) A person shall not keep or have in possession, with intent that the same shall be sold or disposed of, any goods, wares, merchandise or other product of labor to which or on which any such counterfeit or imitation is printed, painted, stamped or impressed;
     (3) A person shall not knowingly sell or dispose of any goods, wares, merchandise or other product of labor contained in any box, case, can or package to which or on which any such counterfeit or imitation is attached, affixed, printed, painted, stamped or impressed; and
     (4) A person shall not keep or have in possession, with intent that the same shall be sold or disposed of, any goods, wares, merchandise or other product of labor, in any box, case, can or package to which or on which any such counterfeit or imitation is attached, affixed, printed, painted, stamped or impressed. [Amended by 2001 c.104 §255]
     661.220
Unauthorized use of label, name or seal of union prohibited. (1) No person
shall use or display the genuine label, trademark, term, design, device or form
of advertisement of any person, association or union in any manner not
authorized by such person, union or association.
     (2) No person shall in any way use the name or seal of any person, association or union, or officer thereof, in and about the sale of goods, or otherwise, without authorization to do so.
     661.230
Procedure for recording union label. (1) Every person, association or union
that adopts or uses a label, trademark, term, design, device or form of
advertisement as provided in ORS 661.210, may file the same for record in the
office of the Secretary of State, by leaving two copies, counterparts or
facsimiles thereof with the Secretary of State and by filing therewith a sworn
application.
     (2) The application shall state:
     (a) The name of the person, association or union on whose behalf such label, trademark, terms, design, device or form of advertisement is filed.
     (b) The class of merchandise and a description of the goods to which it has been or is intended to be appropriated.
     (c) That the party so filing or on whose behalf such label, trademark, term, design, device or form of advertisement is filed, has the right to the use of the same.
     (d) That no other person, association or union has the right to such use, either in the identical form, or in any such near resemblance thereto as may be calculated to deceive.
     (e) That the facsimile or counterparts filed therewith are true and correct. [Amended by 1991 c.132 §29]
     661.240
Certificate of recording; effect of record; limitations on filing of similar
labels. (1) The Secretary of State shall deliver to any person, association
or union filing or causing to be filed any label, trademark, term, design,
device or form of advertisement under ORS 661.230, as many duly attested
certificates of the recording of the same as such person, association or union
may apply for.
     (2) The certificate of record shall, in all suits and prosecutions under ORS 661.210 to 661.280 be sufficient proof of the adoption of such label, trademark, term, design, device or form of advertisement.
     (3) The Secretary of State shall not record for any person, union or association any label, trademark, term, design, device or form of advertisement that would probably be mistaken for any label, trademark, term, design, device or form of advertisement theretofore filed by or on behalf of any other person, union or association, but shall file and record under ORS 661.210 to 661.280 any label, trademark, term, design, device or form of advertisement which may have been previously filed by any person or any association or union if the person, association or union seeking to file and record under ORS 661.210 to 661.280 is the same person, association or union that previously filed or recorded the same label, trademark, term, design, device or form of advertisement. [Amended by 1991 c.132 §30]
     661.245
Fees for filing, copying and certifying records. The Secretary of State
shall collect the fees described in ORS 56.140 for each document delivered for
filing under ORS 661.210 to 661.280 and for process served on the secretary
under ORS 661.210 to 661.280. The secretary may collect the fees described in
ORS 56.140 for copying any public record under ORS 661.210 to 661.280,
certifying the copy or certifying to other facts of record under ORS 661.210 to
661.280. [1991 c.132 §32; 1999 c.652 §20]
     661.250
Civil remedies for infringing or counterfeiting. (1) Every person,
association or union adopting or using a label, trademark, term, design, device
or form of advertisement as provided in ORS 661.210, 661.220, 661.230 and
661.240, may proceed by suit for damages to enjoin the manufacture, use,
display or sale of any counterfeits thereof.
     (2) All courts of competent jurisdiction shall grant injunctions to restrain such manufacture, use, display or sale, and award the complainant in any such suit damages resulting from such manufacture, use, sale or display as the court deems just and reasonable, and shall require the defendants to pay to such person, association or union all profits derived from such wrongful manufacture, use, display or sale.
     (3) The court shall also order that all such counterfeits or imitations in the possession or under the control of any defendant in such cause be delivered to an officer of the court, or to the complainant, to be destroyed.
     661.260
Liability for false or fraudulent filing. Any person who files or causes to
be filed, or who files or causes to be filed on behalf of any other person,
association or union, any label, trademark, term, design, device or form of
advertisement in the office of the Secretary of State under ORS 661.210 to
661.280, by making any false or fraudulent representations or declaration,
verbally or in writing, or by any fraudulent means, shall be liable to pay any
damages sustained in consequence of any such filing, to be recovered by or on
behalf of the party injured thereby in any court having jurisdiction. [Amended
by 1987 c.158 §129]
     661.270
Who may bring action on behalf of unincorporated association or union. In
all cases where the association or union is not incorporated, suits under ORS
661.210 to 661.280 may be commenced and prosecuted by an officer or member of
the association or union on behalf of and for the use of the association or
union.
     661.280
Attorney fees. In any action under ORS 661.250 or 661.260, the court may
award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party. [Amended by 1981 c.897
§97; 1995 c.618 §118]
PENALTIES
     661.990
Penalties. (1) Violation of ORS 661.040 is a misdemeanor.
     (2) Violation of ORS 661.210 or 661.260 is punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or by both.
     (3) Violation of ORS 661.220 is punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than three months.
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