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Jami Lund
Senior Policy Analyst
Jami Lund is the Freedom Foundation's Senior Policy Analyst. From 2004 to 2011, he developed legislative policy as a research analyst for the Washington House Republican Caucus. Prior to that he worked for the Freedom Foundation as the Project Manager for the Teachers Paycheck Protection project, shepherding the development of the Foundation’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court case to protect teacher rights. Jami is an accomplished speaker and researcher, one of Washington state’s top scholars on education policy and finance.
Covid Death Rate of Small Businesses
On March 23, Gov. Jay Inslee issued an order that “non-essential” businesses close and employees stay in their homes. While the Freedom Foundation takes COVID seriously and each death is tragic, the Governor’s actions are harming small businesses and the people they employ.
Reopening Schools Up to Public Employees
Washington’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, Chris Reykdal has assembled a work group to decide when and how employees will go back to work to provide the education services for the families of Washington.
Teachers Union Claims It Isn’t Blocking Distance Learning: Reality Says Otherwise
Teachers’ unions go to great lengths to blur the distinction between the interests of the union financial enterprise and those of families and students. Why else would they refer to an “employee gain” operation as an “education association?”
State Senate Votes to Keep Secret Bargaining
On Feb. 27, the Washington State Legislature considered whether or not citizens, public employees and journalists could observe as Gov. Jay Inslee’s team negotiated a new collective bargaining agreement with the various unions that have donated heavily to his campaign.
When Unions Shill For Business Interests
The Wall Street Journal recently noted a phenomenon highlighted in past Freedom Foundation research — union executives who exploit their captive audience for selling products.
Promoting Transparency at Public School Conference
Much of the blame for declining education services rests with the teachers’ unions and those who allowed them to hijack the priorities and budgets of school districts.
BEST “UNION OPT-OUT” RESOURCE IN THE NATION
As the nation’s leader in reaching employees with information about their union rights, the Freedom Foundation naturally offers the best of all the nation’s “union opt-out” resource webpages
Alaska Attorney General Protects Employees
The Attorney General of Alaska, Kevin Clarkson, recently issued an opinion about how the state needs to adjust its practices related to public employee union dues collection in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 decision in Janus v. AFSCME.
Union Saber-Rattling Demonstrates Need for Bargaining Transparency
The Seattle Education Association recently threatened a strike after getting a 10.5 percent pay raise last year. The Kennewick teachers union, likewise, has disrupted the start of school for children with its pay demands.
Dayton School District Innovation Respects Employees
Like public employees in most Washington school districts, bus drivers, food service workers, office staff and classroom aides in the Dayton School District negotiate complicated terms of employment with the district leadership team. As a result, they are guaranteed rights, a grievance process, wage increases and progressive discipline in a written agreement with the district.
