The News Tribune – Unions: Growing gap between ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ driving strike activity
Toutle Lake students line the sidewalk with signs of support on Tuesday during the teacher strike, which ended Thursday night. Nevertheless, strikes by unions representing scores of other local workers are looming.
Portland Mercury – Proposed 2020 Ballot Measure Could Limit Self-Checkout Machines
“I saw it all going wrong when it began, in the supermarkets, when they replaced the women on the till with those automatic checkouts,” she said.
The News Tribune – Emails of unionizing UW profs subject to public disclosure after high court ruling
A legal test on whether documents should be released to the public applies only to records created or stored on a government employee’s personal device and should not be extended to records on public agencies’ e-mail servers, the Washington state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
The Olympian – Emails of unionizing UW profs subject to public disclosure after high court ruling
A legal test on whether documents should be released to the public applies only to records created or stored on a government employee’s personal device and should not be extended to records on public agencies’ e-mail servers, the Washington state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Lens – County in “unchartered territory” with collective bargaining ruling
The Lincoln County Commissioners in 2016 voted to open collective bargaining negotiations with union leaders to the public.
Salem Reporter – Rep. Mike Nearman to head Oregon Freedom Foundation
State Rep. Mike Nearman — one of the Legislature’s most conservative members — is the new state director of the anti-union group Freedom Foundation.
