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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu May 2, 2024, 12:19 PM May 2024

Republican legislative staff move first to unionize under new WA law

Employees of the Washington Legislature could start pursuing union representation Wednesday and two groups of workers did. Both are Republican.

Legislative assistants for GOP members of the state House and Senate want the recently formed Legislative Professionals Association to represent them. Petitions on behalf of workers in each chamber were filed with the Public Employment Relations Commission, which will certify the bargaining unit and conduct an election.

More than 60% of the House and Senate assistants signed cards showing interest, said Jami Lund, association president and legislative assistant for Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview. As of Wednesday, there were 39 House assistants and 21 Senate.

Lund acknowledged the irony of Republican employees emerging as the first to take advantage of a labor law most of their bosses opposed.

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/05/01/republican-legislative-staff-move-first-to-unionize-under-new-wa-law/

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Republican legislative staff move first to unionize under new WA law (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2024 OP
Look for that Union label! marble falls May 2024 #1
Hmmmm? I think these GQPers will soon find out that unionism and republicanism don't mix... brush May 2024 #2

brush

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2. Hmmmm? I think these GQPers will soon find out that unionism and republicanism don't mix...
Thu May 2, 2024, 12:25 PM
May 2024

it's like oil and water. They're in for learning the facts of life of being part of 99 percent v being the apparatchiks catering to the desires of the rich.

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