Everett Herald – Raising Minimum Wage a Burden, Not a Benefit
Boosting the minimum wage is all the rage these days. Last fall, SeaTac voters barely approved a targeted $15 minimum wage initiative. Labor activists, spurred on by Seattle’s new socialist council member, have declared their intention to spread $15-an-hour fever to Seattle this year.
Connecticut Post – Paid Sick Leave a Drag on Business
CEPR’s study contends that concerns about the law’s negative impact on businesses were unfounded and that the law was “a non-event for employers with real benefits for covered workers.” But a close reading of the labor group’s results indicates Connecticut’s law had a greater negative impact on businesses than the authors let on.’
Watchdog.org – Washington Union Executives Defend Their Monopoly
Introduced by Sen. Jim Honeyford, R-Yakima, SB6053 would prevent workers who have never signed up for union membership from paying for anything more than workplace representation.
The Olympian – Thurston County Auditor Hall Named in Lawsuit Over Voters’ Pamphlet
The Freedom Foundation filed a lawsuit on Friday against newly elected Thurston County Auditor Mary Hall, saying she didn’t make “a good faith effort to find someone to draft arguments against the ballot measures” for the Feb. 2014 Thurston County Voters’ Pamphlet.
The Spokesman-Review – Editorial: Any progress in disclosure laws worthy
Representatives of the conservative Freedom Foundation told members of the Senate Government Operations Committee the public should be able to see how state negotiators bargain with billions of tax dollars in the balance. They noted the uproar when a leak to the Seattle Times revealed the city was paying the six-figure salary of the union president, a provision that nevertheless was included in the final contract.
