Shift WA – Union Settles Lawsuit After Violating Constitutional Rights
When Thurston County employees learned of their “ability to resign their union membership and object to paying any more than an “agency fee” to support the union’s representational activities,” a group acted on their right. Nearly 20 county employees “turned in the union’s form to resign membership and pay the reduced representation fee” during the 30-day window (the month of January) in which the Washington State Council of County and City Employees (WSCCCE) permits workers to become agency fee payers.
