People’s World – How a Small Town Council Routed the Union Busters
The Sequim City Council voted unanimously Sept. 8 to kill two pending “Right to Work” (for less) ballot propositions, condemning them as “grossly invalid” and a flagrant violation of state law.
KMAS News Radio – Initiatives Presented Could Cost City
A packed house crowded the City of Shelton Commission meeting on Monday to learn about two initiatives recently presented to the City of Shelton. The initiatives were from a group of citizens supported by the Freedom Foundation. The Foundation collected the required amount of signatures – 25% of the votes cast for all candidates for mayor in the last general election. The initiatives were the “Collective Bargaining Transparency Act” and “Collective Bargaining Protections act”.
KPLU – Sequim, Shelton Reject Initiatives That Would Limit The Power Of Public Employee Unions
Battles over labor law are usually the stuff of Congress or state legislatures. But a conservative group says people who want to reduce the power of public employee unions should take matters into their own hands and change laws, city by city.
KNOP – Sequim Will Let Court Sort Out Labor-Reform Petitions
The city of Sequim will not act on two petitions seeking to change issues dealing with city employees. The city council this week unanimously approved not acting on the petitions, submitted earlier this summer.
Sequim Gazette – Sequim City Council Rejects Propositions
Two initiatives centered on changing collective bargaining practices in the City of Sequim were unanimously declined by Sequim city councilors Monday. Craig Ritchie, Sequim city attorney, said in a “legal opinion” document that the propositions “attempt to usurp or infringe upon a power granted to the governing body of the City of Sequim.”
Peninsula Voices – Council: “Shame”
Shame on the Squim City Council for its 7-0 cote Monday to ignore two legally valid initiatives.
The Ben Shapiro Show – Half of the Obama Administration Says We’re at War with ISIS; the Other Half Says We Are Not
Seg 1 – Half of the Obama administration says we’re at war with ISIS but the other half says we are not Seg 2 – Max Nelson from the Freedom Foundation joins us to talk about the Inslee administration working to help unions avoid complying with a Supreme Court ruling Seg 3 – Founding director Timothy Harris of Real Change joins us to talk about where the homeless stand right now in Seattle, in light of the homeless man who fell off a freeway overpass and died Seg 4 – The Stranger and traffic engineering
Truth Revolt – Tie-Dyed Tyranny
Back in the Bad Old Days, tyrants bent others to their will with machine guns and death camps. But what fig leaf can modern, touchy-feely, petty tyrants use to make sure other people remain “in compliance?” How about Saving the Planet?
