HB 2326 - DIGEST

Recognizes that in order to maintain the integrity of the collective bargaining process, enable rank and file participation in labor negotiations, and encourage candid, constructive, efficient, and effective negotiations between public employers and labor organizations, records from any collective bargaining, labor negotiations, or grievance or mediation, that would reveal strategies or positions taken by any employer or labor organization during the pendency of those proceedings shall be exempt from disclosure under chapter 42.56 RCW. This act shall not disturb any right afforded to any employer or labor organization under existing collective bargaining statutes or ordinances.