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    Blog ● Unionization

    Unionization Is Starting to Spread Across the Retail Sector

    May 19, 2022 //

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    Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor Unionization

    Should Legislative Aides Unionize?

    March 22, 2022 // The constituents who were not being served by their Washington State Democratic lawmakers while the staff staged a work stoppage paid a price even before unionization could take effect at the state capitol. Imagine if a strike lasted more than a day or two, while legislative staffers carried out a union’s bidding rather than the work they were hired to do by the elected official and the American voter. And therein lies another issue entirely: Unions do not answer to the voters.

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    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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    Blog ● Unions

    Teacher Union Tantrums Now Count as Sick Days in California

    January 26, 2022 // For more than 6.5 million children here in California, that means it’s time to go back to school. But in several major school districts across the state, schools remained closed the first week back — negatively impacting tens of thousands of students ready to learn and reconnect with friends. Thousands were literally turned away in the parking lot.

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