
SHIFT Washington – News You Can Use: Public Unions Agree Public Should Have Easy Access to Contracts… Not The Freedom …
A common-sense bill to create an online database of public-sector collective bargaining agreements dies in the State House after labor executives complain about the burden of sending a single email every one-three years.
Collective bargaining and even strikes have been used to grant “rights” to longer-serving teachers to get out of the toughest schools, hurting the neediest students.
In voting to jeopardize $40 million in federal funding rather than actually holding teachers accountable, lawmakers showed who’s really pulling their strings
Something extraordinary happened in Waterville, WA, last November. A group of around 20 teachers in the local school district cut their ties with the state affiliate of the National Education Association (NEA) and established their own local union to meet their unique needs in the workplace.
The Olympian – Public Wants Legislature to Follow Open Meeting Law Does a service club want to organize a work …
Before going into negotiations with the union special interest group, the Issaquah School Board evaluated results of a Parent Teacher Student Association “Community Values Survey.” Knowing the service levels desired by nearly 1,000 parents will help district leaders focus on community interests rather than only hearing about employee interests.
Unions representing public sector employees in Washington have no obligation to report how they spend funds forcibly collected from workers, even though private sector unions have had to file public financial reports for 55 years.
Watchdog.org – WA Taxpayers Supporting Anti-Worker Freedom Push Max Nelsen, labor policy analyst for the free enterprise think-tank Freedom Foundation, which revealed …
The only way employees may change or leave their union is through a cumbersome decertification process. Workers wishing to decertify their union must collect signed cards from at least 30 percent of their bargaining unit expressing a desire for an election.