Posts tagged Legislative staff

    Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor Unionization

    Watching Democrats debate unionization of legislative staff is a popcorn-worthy spectacle

    February 25, 2022 // One guaranteed beneficiary would be IUPAT District Council 5, a stridently partisan union looking to organize legislative staff. In addition to representing Democratic Party employees, nearly all 143 candidates the union endorsed in 2020 were Democrats. Using members’ dues, the union and its national affiliate have spent $700,000 influencing Washington elections.

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    News Article ● Strike Unionization

    Right to Unionize Given as Reason for Legislative Staffer ‘Sick Out’

    February 16, 2022 // Not a single member of the House Republican staff called out sick, spokeswoman Kelley Payne told Newsweek in an email. Washington Senate Democrats did not have numbers on staff who called out sick. Newsweek has reached out to the Washington Senate Republicans.

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