[IDEA] Essential Services Act

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MANDATES that government organizations provide funding to all emergency-response organizations responsible for the public's safety within said nation

further MANDATES that organizations named under the act be invited to establish and maintain labor unions for said emergency organization

REQUIRES member Nation States to allow said labor unions the opportunity to voice concern, discontent, or praise

Aren't these clauses already covered by the WA Labor Relations Act?

I believe section 4 excepts the services mentioned in this resolution:

4. RESERVES to the respective member nations the right to determine the extent to which the provisions of this resolution shall apply to members of the armed forces, law enforcement personnel, providers of emergency services, and government employees providing essential public services.

That said, I think there is good reason section 4 was included in the LRA. Unionization of such essential services can arguably be a bad thing.

So then it's a contradiction problem rather than duplication.

Bob Flibble
WA Representative

[Bears Armed]

Bearing in mind how many nations would (presumably...) already have such services, whether government-run or not, I would suggest that this is 'Mild' at the most...