State Supreme Court Nixes Voter Passed Public Bargaining Mandate
Voters passed a city charter requirement mandating collective bargaining be open to public observation. Now following a lawsuit, the State Supreme Court has overturned it.
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Source: State Worker Unions "Lowballed, Disrespected" by Inslee
According to information 'leaked' by some union reps, the state is playing extreme hardball with groups they normally rely on for political support.
Seattle Starbucks Votes to Unionize
(Seattle, WA) -- Workers at a Starbucks in the chain's hometown of Seattle are now officially union members. The National Labor Relations Board announced Tuesday that employees at the Starbucks on Broadway and Denny Way voted unanimously to unionize
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Northwest Carpenters Union Returns to Work
(Seattle, WA) -- Carpenters are heading back to work in Western Washington following a nearly three-week strike that brought construction projects to a halt across the region. The Northwest Carpenters Union announced Monday night that its members have approved a new contract in a 54-percent to 46-percent vote
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Unionized Kaiser Permanente Workers Authorize Strike in Oregon
(Portland, OR) -- Union members who work at Kaiser Permanente in Oregon are ready to strike. The union says 96-percent of participating members voted to approve the strike with 90-percent of the members voting.
If the strike is approved by union leaders, workers would have to give ten days of notice before the strike could begin. The
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