City and county employees say recent measures mandating union bargaining happens in public are illegal and unethical. Author: Casey Decker Updated: 6:20 PM PDT July 9, 2021
SPOKANE, Wash. Spokane city and county employees picketed Friday afternoon outside the Spokane County Courthouse, the latest development in a long-running dispute that centers around whether union negotiations should be held in public.
Historically, the meetings between local governments and their workers unions are private, and union members want to keep it that way. The process works just fine. It s kind of an if ain t broke don t fix it sort of a thing, said Gordon Smith, staff representative for Washington State Council of County and City Employees