South Whidbey Record – Island County Settles Records Request Failure For $15,000
Island County has agreed to pay $15,000 to The Freedom Foundation, an Olympia-based advocacy group, after failing to act on a public-records request.
The Snohomish Times – Thousands of Workers Leave SEIU
When workers are allowed to freely choose whether to financially support a union and are informed of their rights, many of them head for the exit. That’s the takeaway from data recently obtained by the Freedom Foundation under the state Public Records Act
ShiftWA – WA Unions See Membership Drop After Workers Given Opt-Out Choice
The Freedom Foundation explored how workers have responded when given a choice to pay union dues, in the aftermath of last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Harris v. Quinn. Utilizing data available from the State Public Records Act, the group found that when workers are “allowed to freely choose whether to financially support a union and are informed of their rights, many of them head for the exit.”
KTTH – Hour 2, David Boze Morning Show, 10-08-15
Maxord Nelsen, Freedom Foundation Labor Policy Analyst, calls in to discuss their recent victory against SEIU, also Obama says unions are hard to join Dave Disagrees
The Washington Free Beacon – SEIU Hemorrhages Members After Supreme Court Decision
One of Washington state’s largest unions lost thousands of dues paying members in the wake of a Supreme Court decision barring automatic enrollment of home healthcare workers in the union, according to a new repo
