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Union greed closed schools in Port Angeles
A couple of weeks ago on Monday April 8th , the WEA union called an illegal strike to close the public schools in the Port Angeles School District, denying educational access to 3,500 children. Strikes by public school employees are illegal under state law.
That law didn’t stop the union, however. The union wanted more money.
The following day, on Tuesday, the district obtained a court order from the Clallam County Superior Court requiring the union to return to work. The purpose of the order was to ensure that children are not harmed by a political dispute created by adults.
The union executives ignored the judge’s order. The public schools in Port Angeles were closed for that entire week.
As noted, the cause of this dispute is union greed. The union shut the schools to gain leverage in ongoing contract negotiations. Not surprisingly the hold-up was the union’s insistence on a large pay raise. Public records show average teacher pay in Port Angeles is $92,600 plus $30,000 in benefits. For comparison, average worker salary in Port Angeles is $46,969.
Read the entire blogEarth Day 2024: Time to admit that government-run environmentalism is failing
This Earth Day, I am reminded of the words of a judge’s decision regarding Seattle City Light’s claim that it is the “nation’s greenest utility.” After finding the utility wasn’t living up to its environmental promises, the judge admitted the claim was “mere puffery.”
It could be said about so much of today’s environmental rhetoric.
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As state’s CO2 tax faces voters, Inslee Administration using taxpayer funds to campaign for policy
As Washington’s CO2 tax, known as the Climate Commitment Act, heads to the ballot this fall, this logo highlighting projects that received funding from that tax will become more prevalent.
And you are paying for it.
The use of taxpayer-resources to promote the CO2 tax follows the decision by the legislature to send one-time checks of $200 to utility customers funded by the Climate Commitment Act just two-months before the November election. It is part of a pattern we are likely to see accelerate as the vote on I-2117, which would repeal the CO2 tax, draws near.
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