Posts Tagged ‘unions’
Wash. Unions Rising Despite 2018 SCOTUS Decision
Despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year that could have toppled public unions, organizing continues to trend upward in Washington state. Washington is the third-most unionized state in the country, as Eric Tegethoff reports.
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In Latest Fight Over Home Healthcare Union Dues, Bills Receive No Republican Votes
Home health-care legislation boiled over on the Senate floor last week, causing abstention by all Republicans. Marcus Bellissimo reports on why a fight over union dues caused such an uproar among the Legislature.
Read More2018 Session: Reps. Condotta, Steele Talk Union Dues, Carbon Tax, Public Records
12th District Representatives Mike Steele and Cary Condotta join Dan Langager every Friday on the KOHO Morning Show during the 2018 legislative session in Olympia. Today they talk about the death of the proposed carbon tax, Gov. Inslee’s veto of a controversial public-records act and why House Republicans are against that veto, policy related to whether…
Read MoreSenate Bill Seeks to Limit Union Donations to Gubernatorial Candidates
Our legislative coverage continues here on KOHO. A bill in the Senate would prohibit any entity that engages in collective bargaining with the office of the governor or its representative (the Labor Relations Division of the Office of Financial Management) from making campaign contributions to any candidate for the office of governor, directly or through an…
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