The Freedom Foundation wants your date of birth, but our actions have blocked them for nearly four months. And that good fight goes on because today (Aug. 16) the state Court of Appeals extended the temporary restraining order against release of your date of birth while our appeal goes forward. The ruling issued by the commissioner of the appeals court …
Continue readingA court has effectively blocked release of your personal information to the Freedom Foundation for at least two weeks. The motion by the Federation to block release of your birthdate was continued (or postponed) until May 27. Thurston County Superior Court Judge Gary Tabor and two other judges said it makes sense (and good use of judicial time) to consider …
Continue readingWe’ve heard from hundreds of concerned state employees who do not want Tom McCabe and the ‘Freedom’ Foundation to call their homes or visit their homes. If you’re one, SIGN THE #DoNotCall PETITION and WFSE/AFSCME will deliver notice to the Freedom Foundation to remove your name from their records.
Continue readingThe ‘Freedom’ Foundation is demanding the state release the personal information of state employees – including your birthday! Why? So they can spam you with anti-union email. The ‘Freedom’ Foundation wants state employees to opt-out of our union to make us weaker so they can then cut our retirement, increase our health care costs, and outsource public services. EMAIL …
Continue readingOLYMPIA (March 30, 2016) — Raising serious questions about the extremist Freedom Foundation’s compliance with state laws, 30 Washington State Senators and Representatives are asking Secretary of State Kim Wyman, the state Public Disclosure Commission, and Attorney General Bob Ferguson to take a closer look at the political activities of the so-called “charity.” “It appears the Freedom Foundation has grown increasingly partisan and …
Continue readingReporter’s Notebook: What’s going on in WA’s 17th Legislative District? What’s going on with the Freedom Foundation and its heightened political intervention in Washington’s 17th Legislative District? The so-called 501c3 “non-partisan” not-for-profit “think tank” appears to have its sights set on electing a Freedom Foundation slate in this swing district near the WA/OR line. Since Senator Don Benton (R-17) announced his retirement, the wife of …
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From the Northwest Accountability Project: nwaccountabilityproject.com/reporters-notebook/reporters-notebook-video-whats-the-freedom-foundations-real-agenda/ A new video from the Northwest Accountability Project answers the question – what’s the Freedom Foundation’s real motivation for attacking labor unions and going to the homes of public employees in Washington and Oregon? The Freedom Foundation is using a national strategy developed by conservative donors and operatives to “defund the political left” in an effort …
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