Business & Labor
The Freedom Foundation works to uphold the liberties of individual workers and reform the way our government handles labor relations. We firmly believe that individual employees should have choices about who represents them in the workplace. Therefore, we work in hopes that no one be forced to pay for political causes they disagree with. Unions should exist to represent employees in the workplace, not to fund political agendas.
Financing Pensions
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 bankruptcy.
Governor would rather see State Patrol troopers injured than Occupy Olympia protesters
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
So tell me again why we’re doing this?
A fascinating exchange during a recent select committee hearing in Olympia offers an insight into how things get done—or not—in the Legislature
Informed Voter Guide 2011
It can be tricky to make the right decision when it comes to voting on an initiative. More often than not you don’t have enough information to make a confident choice either way. But now you can get the unbiased facts about the 2011 Washington initiatives by reading our Initiative Guide!
Workable Future
In this age of technology and information, labor laws should be as innovative and dynamic as the Americans they serve. Competition for good jobs in a global marketplace requires a labor model that is flexible, maximizes individual rights, allows for voluntary choices, and minimizes expensive government intrusion.
Informed Voter Guide 2010
Do your lawmakers represent your best interests?
Do you feel confident that you know how your legislators voted on key issues in the 2010 Legislative Session?
Isn’t it just a darned shame how Seattle’s May Day protest turned violent?
By and large, city officials knew—or should have known—what would happen, to whom and by whom. And yet it still happened.Financing Pensions
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 bankruptcy.A law that helps college tuition stay high in Washington state
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 guess what? There is a cut that could benefit higher education…if only the state would make it.Rep. Jeff Morris, king of the sea?
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. Therefore, the legislature is determined to keep its nose out of that industry.” Alas, that would hardly boost a politician’s ego.OG Pod: State Pays Millions for Public Records Violations
Mike Reitz and Greg Overstreet discuss KING 5’s recent report that the state has paid $4.8 million over five years for public records violations.
WEA settles with teachers and will pay for free speech violations
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 settlement ends a nine-year lawsuit that included an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in which the high court ruled in favor of the teachers, Davenport v. WEA. The suit began when the Evergreen Freedom Foundation (EFF) filed a complaint with the Public Disclosure Commission. To date, the WEA has been ordered or agreed to pay over $1 million for violating teachers’ rights in this case.
Penultimate Radio Free Washington: Why was tax day late?
Tax day was late, but we have the answers on Radio Free Washington. And the other Washington is looking to us as an example of successfully limiting government? Really? Plus, a tipster provides a welfare receipt from a tax-consuming litterbug ... find out what kind of nutritious snacks you get to buy for persons unknown on this second-to-the-last of our radio-versions of Radio Free Washington (but be sure to listen to our new podcast).
OG Pod: State Pays Millions for Public Records Violations
Mike Reitz and Greg Overstreet discuss KING 5’s recent report that the state has paid $4.8 million over five years for public records violations.
Activists Hold Anti-Tax, Anti-Union Rally At Wash. Capitol
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Tea Party and other conservative voices took over the steps of the Washington statehouse Friday. Turnout for the so-called “Tax Day” rally was much smaller than last Friday’s large union-backed event in the same location.
Mike Reitz on the David Boze Show
Today I chatted with David Boze about our Top 10 Reforms For Government Unions. You can listen here (interview begins at the 18:20 minute mark.)
