Currently about half of the states allow public sector unions to charge non-members “agency fees” for the cost of bargaining contracts. Whether or not unions will be able to continue taking dues money … [Read more...]
SEIU admits dues $$$, political power behind motivation to unionize UW
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is working hard to unionize some 6,000 faculty members at the University of Washington. For the union, the motivation behind its efforts isn’t to … [Read more...]
The costs of Democrats’ extreme “green” obsession
Alcoa recently announced its intention to close factories in Ferndale and Wenatchee, resulting in thousands of lost jobs, in large part due to the impending threat of Jay Inslee’s extreme “green” … [Read more...]
WA enters legal fight in defense of EPA rules
As if extreme “green” policies have not already done enough damage to our state’s economic well-being, Washington has joined a coalition of 18 states to defend the Obama administration’s controversial … [Read more...]
Fallout from Inslee’s carbon regulations begins
Last week, ultra-liberal environmental blog (and chief Jay Inslee cheerleader) Sightline ran a story titled, “Governor Inslee’s Executive Carbon Pollution Cap, Explained.” That same day, Alcoa-- the … [Read more...]
Workers vote their interests – union loses half of dues-paying membership
Now that workers have a choice, more than half of all state-paid family child care providers have stopped paying dues to the Service Employee International Union (SEIU) Local 925 as of August 2015. … [Read more...]
Seattle’s $15 min wage law hits restaurants with job losses
Providing some cover for Seattle politicians, the Puget Sound Business Journal claims that the city’s $15 minimum wage law has not yet produced the expected negative consequences warned by economists. … [Read more...]
Olympia councilman proposes $15 minimum wage
Olympia City Councilman Jim Cooper plans to introduce legislation that would mandate a $15 minimum wage and impose new regulations on business owners citywide. Cooper’s plan includes a $15 minimum … [Read more...]
Port Commissioner “haunted” by prospect of creating jobs
Earlier this month, much to extreme “green” activists’ horror, a Seattle city hearing examiner cleared the way for Shell to continue using the Port of Seattle’s Terminal 5 as a homeport for its Polar … [Read more...]
Spokesman Review urges “no” on Prop. 1
The Spokesman Review editorial board has urged a “no” vote on Proposition 1, the city’s so-called “Worker Bill of Rights.” As the editorial board states, the proposition would be more appropriately … [Read more...]
UW will comply with $15 minimum wage law
The University of Washington (UW) announced it would comply with Seattle’s $15 minimum wage law following protests and questions of whether or not the university would be required to do so. In April, … [Read more...]
Seattle’s discriminatory $15 minimum wage law upheld
Last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Seattle’s $15 minimum wage law is not discriminatory. Five local franchisees, along with the International Franchise Association (IFA), sought … [Read more...]