“Today the Freedom Foundation provided oral argument to the Washington Supreme Court in an ongoing attempt to receive basic contact information about Washington state employees for the purpose of communicating with them about their workplace representation rights,” said Sydney Phillips, who appeared before the court.

“Washington employees have a right to know they cannot be forced to pay union dues if they wish not to for any reason,” continued Phillips. “Maybe they aren’t satisfied with their union representation or don’t feel they’re getting a good service, or maybe they just want to keep more of their own money to put gas in their car and food on their table.”

“Regardless, the State of Washington as the employer and the state’s largest government employee union are working together to block the Freedom Foundation’s ability to contact these employees about their options, and they’re misleading their own government employees to scare them into thinking their private information will be made public.”       

Phillips concluded, “In reality, the state and the union are colluding to keep people trapped giving up part of their hard-earned paychecks to line the union’s pockets.”