Originally published Monday, March 23, 2009 at 3:19 PM
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Wash. gov says labor bill would have been vetoed
It sounds like a proposed union organizing bill was in trouble even before a controversial e-mail killed its chances at the Legislature.
It sounds like a proposed union organizing bill was in trouble even before a controversial e-mail killed its chances at the Legislature.
Gov. Chris Gregoire said Monday that she would have vetoed the so-called "Worker Privacy Act" anyway, because of its effect on Boeing.
The bill in question would have prevented businesses from holding mandatory meetings on religious or political topics, including unions.
It was organized labor's top priority at the 2009 Legislature. Boeing and other businesses opposed it.
Gregoire and Democratic lawmakers killed the bill recently, after a lobbyist's e-mail said union campaign money would stop unless the bill became law.
The State Patrol now says there was nothing illegal about the e-mail.
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