The billionaire-backed Freedom Foundation has set foot in Montana with its goal to dismantle unions and fight bosses who have “ripped off workers.”

Last week, Freedom Foundation director of labor policy Max Nelsen testified in support of a bill that would require public sector unions to re-up contracts with workers every year and inform them — annually — of their right to refrain from membership.

No union worker testified in support of House Bill 216 — and many workers lined up to oppose it. Union representatives described the legislation in part as a violation of the contract clause in the Montana Constitution.