May 13, 2016

Release of your personal information blocked for at least two weeks; use the time to take action – Sign the petition! Change the law!

A 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 …

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May 13, 2016

Sign the #DoNotCall petition

We’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.  

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April 14, 2016

TAKE ACTION to protect our privacy

  The ‘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 …

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March 30, 2016

IN THE NEWS Legislators urge state officials to curb Freedom Foundation politics

OLYMPIA (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 …

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March 24, 2016

What’s going on in LD 17?

Reporter’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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March 9, 2016

What’s the Freedom Foundation’s real agenda?

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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