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Union vs Citizens’ Priorities for Early Learning
Union policy goals seldom match citizens’ priorities, and this fall Seattle will see the difference. Seattle voters will have to decide if city spending should be for expanding early learning services to families, or for the unions’ priorities.
After Winning $15, Sawant Targets Unpaid Internships
Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant has found a new pet project to reduce opportunities for students seeking to enter the workforce.
Do State Employees Need a Raise?
Do state employees need a raise? Not according to latest survey.
Media Mentions – Week of June 22, 2014
King 5 News – Electronic Home Monitoring Glen Morgan questions Electronic Home Monitoring’s reliability. Read More Shift Washington – Union …
Court Strikes Down Teacher Tenure in California
Vergara v. California: “Plaintiffs claim that the Challenged Statutes result in grossly ineffective teachers obtaining and retaining permanent employment, and that these teachers are disproportionately situated in schools serving predominately low-income and minority students. Challenged Statutes violate their fundamental rights to quality education by adversely affecting the quality of the education they are afforded by the state.”
Union Seeks to Intimidate State Lobbyists in Hotel Organizing Dispute
Unite Here emailed all registered state lobbyists in an effort to get them to persuade their clients to boycott two Seattle Hyatts.
Media Mentions – Week of June 15, 2014
The Daily News Online – PUD Commissioners’ Pay Tops $60,000 “It’s outrageous to think that the Cowlitz County PUD commissioners …
Career Union Politico Takes the Reins at the Washington State Democratic Party
Washington State Labor council’s political director taking position as executive Director of Washington Democrats. Her job description probably won’t change much.
Labor’s Latest Attack Just Shows We’re Getting Under Their Skin
Not surprisingly, given its intended audience, David Groves’ hapless swing and miss this week at the Freedom Foundation in the online labor journal “The Stand” is long on smug innuendo but woefully lacking in the sort of substance anyone capable of thinking for himself would demand.
Supreme Court Labor Case Could Have National Ramifications
Major labor case law at stake in impending U.S. Supreme Court decision.
