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The human capital costs of the Janus ruling

One of the most important impacts of Janus might be lost to outside observers. Without intentional leadership to recruit, retain, and organize younger workers in...Read More

Support and opposition in response to Janus decision

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in the Janus v. AFSCME case finds that requiring nonmembers of public-sector unions to pay “fair share fees” is...Read More

Collective bargaining transparency initiative garners new support

On Monday, the Association of Washington Business announced its endorsement of I-1608, an initiative that seeks to make negotiations between unions and government agencies open...Read More

Mark Janus, AFSCME arguments explained ahead of Supreme Court ruling

The lead plaintiff in the current Supreme Court case Janus v. AFSCME spoke about the case on Tuesday at the Washington Policy Center’s Solutions Summit....Read More

Morning Wire: New carbon bill, failure of leadership, Italy’s election

It’s day 58 of the legislative session. More importantly, however, the sun is out!  Everything is good again in the world… Except we don’t have...Read More

In protest, House Republicans refuse to vote on union bill

On Thursday evening, tensions on the House floor reached a breaking point as Republican Representatives refused to vote on a piece of legislation that would...Read More

Kittitas Commissioners approve collective bargaining transparency

The Board of Kittitas County Commissioners yesterday changed County Code to allow for collective bargaining transparency following a public hearing. The board adopted an ordinance...Read More

Column: Janus v AFSCME

The U.S. Supreme Court recently announced, for the second time in two years, that it would address one of the most significant and contentious labor...Read More

Column: Supreme Court tees up game-changing assault on unions

The U.S. Supreme Court announced last month that it will reconsider whether public sector unions can require workers who receive the benefits of a collective...Read More

Seattle wins again in challenge to its first-of-its-kind collective negotiations law

Late Thursday afternoon, a federal judge in Seattle rejected a lawsuit by individual Uber drivers, who were represented by the National Right to Work Legal...Read More