House, Senate at odds on rules to govern collective bargaining with their staff
In less than two months, several hundred employees of the Washington Legislature will be able to form unions and negotiate contracts.
But as of late Tuesday, the House and Senate could not agree on exactly which workers would be eligible to unionize and what topics could, and could not be, collectively bargained.
Lawmakers hashing out the differences expressed confidence that an agreement on Senate Bill 6194 can be reached before the session ends Thursday but stopped shy of assuring success.
“I’d say we’re close. I am expecting us to get there,” said Sen. Derek Stanford, D-Bothell, who, along with House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon, D-Burien, are leading their respective caucuses in bicameral talks.
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/03/05/house-senate-at-odds-on-rules-to-govern-collective-bargaining-with-their-staff/