
Late last week, the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) announced it had opened an investigation into whether a political …
The Public Disclosure Commission has found the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 598 and 35 businesses employing its members violated state laws by deducting a portion of employees’ wages as contributions to the union’s political action committee without first obtaining proper authorization from the employees.
The Freedom Foundation recently filed two complaints with the Public Disclosure Commission alleging two labor unions – the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 598 and the Amalgamated Transit Union Legislative Council – have committed serious violations of state laws governing election spending and disclosure.