Article: UNIONIZING FOSTER PARENTS BAD IDEA.(Editorial)(Column)

Byline: GARY MALKASIANGUEST COLUMNIST

House Bill 3145, now in the Senate, takes foster care in a dangerous direction. Innocuously titled "Implementing a tiered classification system for foster parent licensing," it was drafted by Foster Parents Association of Washington (FPAWS, division WFSE/AFL-CIO) as the first step toward unionizing foster parents.

HB3145 establishes collective bargaining for foster parents, classifies them as state employees and authorizes the collection of union dues from payments to foster parents. This is going too far.

HB3145 was written specifically for foster parents of high-needs children to establish a beachhead. ...

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