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Tell Off Rob McKenna!

I have received email from the Washington State Democrats urging we join in writing to  Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna telling him to stop his plans for busting unions in our state.  I told McKenna that as an attorney he should know that there are a long string of Supreme Court cases protecting unions again union busting under the first amendment. I told him I used to think he was "okay" but now I think he's been brewing too long for a tea party.   Information from Washington State Democrats below:   Tell Rob McKenna: Not in Washington!     Dear Joseph, The assault on public employee unions is an organized campaign by right-wing Republicans. What’s happened in Wisconsin is only the beginning.  State legislatures in Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, and Idaho have all proposed measures similar to the ones in Wisconsin.  The attack on public employees has even spread to Washington State . (1) Attorney General Rob McKenna is ...