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Friday, July 13, 2007

Judge Rules Unions' Bargaining Records Are Subject to Disclosure

A victory for a public records requestor.

http://www.effwa.org/SEIUvsWA/pdf/ltr%20frm%20washington.pdf

For more information on the case, click:
  • here for great background on the case from the Spokesman-Review's Rich Roesler,
  • here for the story from The Olympian, and
  • here for the court papers in the case.

(Full disclosure: Allied Law Group represents the records requestor in this case, the Evergreen Freedom Foundation.)