STATE GOVERNMENT
Rally Feb. 8 at Capitol against Right-to-Work
OLYMPIA (Feb. 8, 2017) — Union members and their community supporters will rally at the State Capitol today (Wednesday, Feb. 8), the day the Republican-controlled Senate plans a public hearing on legislation that would make Washington a so-called “Right-to-Work” state.
Opponents of the bill plan to rally at 12:30 p.m. outside that building at the Sundial before attending the hearing. Get more details or RSVP at this Facebook event page.
SB 5692, which was just introduced a week ago today, would ban unions and employers in Washington state from agreeing to union-security clauses in collective bargaining contracts. Such a ban allows and, in fact, encourages workers to stop paying for representation because the union must still represent them. It would be like allowing people to opt out of paying taxes, but still requiring the government to provide the same services to taxpayers and free-riders alike.
The Washington state “Right-to-Work effort led by Sens. Baumgartner and Braun is part of a national campaign by Republicans to deliver a severe blow to the labor movement and weaken workers’ collective bargaining rights at the behest of U.S. corporations.
ALSO TODAY at The Stand:
“Right-to-Work” is a cynical power grab (by Stan Sorscher)