Yakima Herald – Yakima Teachers’ Union President’s Compensation Setup Is Unusual
When Yakima teachers approved a new contract last summer, it was only after many contentious topics had either been resolved or put off for a year. But one long-standing contract provision was renewed without so much as a blink of the eye: The Yakima School District agreed to pay 75 percent of the compensation for the president of the teachers’ union.
Workplace Choice – Washington Teachers’ Union Boss Compensation Not Unusual
A recent article in the Yakima Herald-Republic describes a union subsidy, which pays 75 percent of the teachers’ union president’s salary, as “unusual.” Unfortunately, that is far from the case, and similar compensation packages are common across the country at every level of government. – See more at: http://workplacechoice.org/2015/04/06/washington-teachers-union-boss-compensation-not-unusual#sthash.zP91mHs8.dpuf
Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism – Taxpayers Fund Washington Union Official
Taxpayers are subsidizing a Yakima, Washington teacher union official’s salary for time spent on union official business, in direct violation of Washington state law, and the school board seems to have no interest in investigating the legitimacy of the scheme. Trey Kovaks has the story at workplacechoice.org.
ShiftWA – GOP Lawmaker Kills $12 Min. Wage Bill, Queue Hypocritical Democrat Outrage
Republican State Senator Michael Baumgartner—chair of the Senate’s Commerce and Labor Committee—last week defied the threats made by Seattle billionaire Nick Hanauer. As Shift reported, Hanauer attempted to blackmail lawmakers into passing a House bill that would raise the state’s minimum wage – which is already the highest in the nation – to an even higher $12 per hour by vowing to pursue a statewide $16 minimum wage initiative in 2016 if they did not. Baumgartner conducted a public hearing on the bill, and then decided not to advance the legislation.
