By and large, city officials knew—or should have known—what would happen, to whom and by whom. And yet it still happened.

This proposal essentially lures money from private-sector workers and companies into the bankrupt state pension systems. Our state and local government pension systems are already heading toward...Read more here

At the University of Washington in Seattle, libraries on campus now have reduced hours. Class options are shrinking. Student resources are scarce. And it’s all in the name of budget cuts. But...Read more here

Wouldn’t it be nice if, just once, a legislator introduced a bill that said something like the following…. “The legislature finds that the following industry is really, really important....Read more here

It’s one thing for the justices to define “ample” in terms sure to please the teacher’s unions to whom they’re beholden. But where’s all this money going to come...Read more here

Gregoire thinks altercations when special session opened and State Patrol troopers were injured should be the model for how efforts to close “Occupy” encampment should go

This week, Governor Gregoire proposed an $830 million tax package as an alternative to a portion of the $1.7 billion in spending reductions she proposed in her supplemental budget. ... The...Read more here

A fascinating exchange during a recent select committee hearing in Olympia offers an insight into how things get done—or not—in the Legislature

The numbers prove what your gut should tell you—when you increase the cost of hiring workers, fewer workers are going to be hired.

If you’re going to compare one the other, it might help if you applied the same accounting procedures to both

The problem with the Wisconsin bill isn’t that it is damaging to public employees. No, Big Labor opposes the bill because it’s bad for Big Labor. The bill gives workers the ability to...Read more here

The Freedom Foundation has long advocated for common-sense policies that respect the right to associate while not giving government unions an undue influence over the state’s fiscal decisions. ...Read more here

In Washington state, progress toward liberty and freedom are necessarily measured in small steps. This is a state that’s so blue it was once called the Soviet of Washington by FDR’s...Read more here

OLYMPIA—The Washington Education Association (WEA) has agreed to return $225,000 to teachers after using their wages for the union’s political agenda without their authorization. This...Read more here

Organized labor and the private sector both call for “shared sacrifice” to close the looming budget deficit.
Organized labor wants higher taxes. The private sector wants to lower public...Read more here

A new labor reform model could help jumpstart America’s economy and restore workers’ rights. Sweeping the Shop Floor: a New Labor Model for America, from the Evergreen Freedom Foundation...Read more here

Continued Disparity between Private and Public Sector Wages

lready put-upon taxpayers face a future fiscal tidal wave thanks to generous state employee contracts and unfunded healthcare and pension liabilities. Even as Governor Gregoire repeatedly talks...Read more here

The Evergreen Freedom Foundation has some concerns related to the provisions of SHB 1329: