OLYMPIA, Wash. — Governor Inslee sided with public-sector unions in approving a controversial bill that will alter the contracting structure of home health care workers.
The News Tribune reports the GOP and conservative nonprofit Freedom Foundation argue the bill’s true intention is to let the powerful Service Employees International Union skirt a court ruling to collect more money from employees.
Supporters have billed the measure as a way to streamline management services of the health care workers, known as individual providers.