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NEWS ADVISORY September 24, 2004 PERC to hold hearing on state employee workplace voting rights OLYMPIA—The Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) will hold a hearing on September 27 to discuss a petition filed by the Evergreen Freedom Foundation (EFF). The petition requests an administrative rule change to allow non-union state employees to vote on issues that affect their employment. Some unions in the state prevent non-union employees in the bargaining unit from voting on contracts, benefits, work calendars and other workplace issues. EFF will attend the hearing to testify on behalf of the petition.
http://www.perc.wa.gov/PERC%20News/NOTICE.pdf A copy of the petition can be seen here:
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1 Part Honesty; 2 Parts Arrogance At a March 23, 2005, House Appropriations hearing on a bill to gut the voter-approved I-601 spending limit, Rep. Jim McIntire (D) asked a supporter of I-601’s two-third supermajority requirement for the legislature to raise taxes the following question: "Can you name a time when we [legislators] have actually not just set it [supermajority requirement] aside by majority vote? I mean, this is in many respects a procedural motion that has no bearing. It’s a statutory constraint that cannot constrain any legislature that chooses as a majority to set it aside . . . have we ever used a supermajority [to raise taxes]?" - Rep. Jim McIntire (D - 46) Despite the arrogance of some state officials, Washington's constitution is clear: "All political power is inherent in the people..." |
