Posts tagged Washington state employees
UNION PRESIDENT APOLOGIZES TO FREEDOM FOUNDATION CLIENT
April 23, 2024 // The Washington State Supreme Court, in Allen v. Seattle Police Officers’ Guild, made clear that the right to fair representation is not dependent on a worker’s membership status. Nor is it lawful for an exclusive bargaining representative to “restrain or coerce an employee” in the exercise of their right to not join a union.” “I needed something I would be able point to the next time I need representation,” Fix said. “This letter gives me security and lets others know the union can’t discriminate against them.” The irony is that Fix isn’t anti-union per se, and had even negotiated on behalf of WFSE in the past. Fix went out of his way to aid the union in its collective bargaining functions and was mistreated just because he exercised his First Amendment right to opt out. Mike Yestramski,
FREEDOM FOUNDATION DEFENDS ITS PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS TO WASHINGTON SUPREME COURT
May 19, 2023 // “Washington employees have a right to know they cannot be forced to pay union dues if they wish not to for any reason,” continued Phillips. “Maybe they aren’t satisfied with their union representation or don’t feel they’re getting a good service, or maybe they just want to keep more of their own money to put gas in their car and food on their table.” “Regardless, the State of Washington as the employer and the state’s largest government employee union are working together to block the Freedom Foundation’s ability to contact these employees about their options, and they’re misleading their own government employees to scare them into thinking their private information will be made public.”