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Monday, October 23, 2017
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LOCAL
► From KUOW — Seattle workers accuse airline caterer of backtracking on fines and wages — Seattle workers at Sky Chefs, an airline catering company, are still waiting for money owed to them in back wages. The workers protested this week, saying Sky Chefs backtracked on some fines leveled against the company. And the city of Seattle, they say, hasn’t helped.
THIS WASHINGTON
► In the Seattle Times — Washington state’s new parental leave law could change workplace for moms — and dads — Washington state’s recently passed parental-leave law could help women stay in the workforce. And — by extending paid leave to fathers as well as mothers — proponents hope it will also shift attitudes more broadly about women at work, as similar policies have done in Germany.
► In the News Tribune — Is school funding fixed? That’s up for debate in front of the Supreme Court soon — The time is finally near for the Washington Supreme Court to decide if lawmakers have done enough to comply with a court order to fix issues with school funding, work that has dominated the agenda at the state Capitol for five years.
► In today’s News Tribune — Ethics board says Gig Harbor lawmaker misused state resources on campaigning — State Rep. Jesse Young, a Republican from Gig Harbor, will pay $1,000 and faces additional fines if he makes future violations.
AFL-CIO CONVENTION
► From NPR — AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka wins a third 4-year term — AFL-CIO members, meeting in St. Louis, voted Sunday night to give Richard Trumka another term as president. He has been in the position since 2009. Trumka ran unopposed as did Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler and Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre.
► From the AFL-CIO — Highlights from Day One of the AFL-CIO Convention — Follow the action: #AFLCIO17
HEALTH CARE
► In today’s Washington Post — GOP health insurance plan for feds part of larger assault on compensation (by Joe Davidson) — After repeatedly failing in their cynical efforts that would cut millions from health insurance rolls, congressional Republicans now are attacking the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. Together with President Trump’s earlier budget plan, which would slice and dice federal retirement, Capitol Hill and the White House have mounted a multi-front assault on federal worker compensation.
► In today’s Washington Post — At least 1.1 million fewer people may sign up for ACA because of advertising cuts, former official estimates — The Trump administration’s plan to gut the marketing budget for enrollment in Obamacare marketplaces could result in fewer television ads that were most effective at convincing people to buy plans, a former Healthcare.gov official said.
From The Hill — Trump’s cynical sabotage of the ACA (by Juan Williams) — This is far worse than a mountain of lies. This is subversion of an American law by the president.
► From Politico — Trump stokes hopes of ACA repeal — setting up Senate for another failure — Repeatedly claiming that Republicans have the votes to repeal major parts of the Affordable Care Act early next year, Trump is stoking expectations that the GOP can fulfill its seven-year pledge before the 2018 midterm elections — a promise that Republicans once again might not be able to keep.
► From Politico — States may roll back children’s health coverage without money from Congress — Federal funds for the Children’s Health Insurance Program expired Sept. 30, leaving states to come up with short-term fixes to keep their programs going. States haven’t started to pare back coverage yet, but they’re relying on short-term patches to keep their CHIP programs afloat.
THAT WASHINGTON
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