Worker awareness needed
In addition to creating a resource public employers can use to let their workers know about their First Amendment right to join or not join a union, I've written a policy paper outlining what state lawmakers could do to…
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Universal licensure recognition can improve worker mobility, allow for greater access to services in Washington state
Key TakeawaysLicensing delays, even in areas as crucial as health care, keep qualified professionals from working and patients and consumers from accessing services. Washington state has increasingly joined…
Why worker wages aren’t at the mercy of employer “greed”
Progressives will often claim that workers are at the mercy of employers, and this dynamic forces workers to accept poverty wages But this notion overlooks the interplay of a competitive, market-based economy Government…
Some worker rights get a poster, others get fine print
When I researched House Bill 2355 — which creates new rules for hiring domestic workers in private homes — I was struck by a line in the fiscal note. It said that $33,500 was needed in fiscal year 2027 to revise, translate…
Study shows 2025’s record tax increases reduce Washington’s GDP growth and worker pay
An independent study of the economic impacts of Washington’s 2025 tax increases – the largest in state history – is projected to reduce economic growth by half a percent of state GDP and cut wages by about $3.7 billion in…
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