The Washington Supreme Court concluded Thursday the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE) Council 28 — in addition to approximately 50 more unions — can no longer block a request for a state employee’s contact information.
The “unions did not demonstrate particularized harm to affected public employees,” the court ruling reads.
The court case started after The Freedom Foundation, a conservative organization fighting against higher taxes and “entrenched power of left-wing government,” attempted to retrieve state employees’ full names, job titles, birthdates, work e-mail addresses, employer agency/departments, name/title of exclusive bargaining representative/union, FTE status/percentage, current annual salary and duty station location/address.
“WFSE cannot block a request for the contact
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