BILL REQ. #:  H-3014.1 

Read first time 03/14/2007.   Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

     AN ACT Relating to mandatory participation in communications about political, religious, or labor organizing matters; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The legislature finds that the freedom of expression and the freedom of association are fundamental individual rights firmly established in the United States and Washington Constitutions. These freedoms may be compromised when workers are required to attend employer-sponsored meetings or to participate in any communications with the employer if the primary purpose is to communicate the employer's opinion about religious, political, or labor matters. For these reasons, the legislature intends to take action to address the issues raised by these activities, and to adopt appropriate means of protecting these freedoms.