As election season shifts into high gear the political hopefuls are promising ever more extravagant guarantees in an effort to win votes. Here on the West Coast politicians have completely thrown in the towel on civic responsibility and have chosen instead to focus on micromanaging the lives of their constituents. From scheduling to rent to health care, nothing is off limits in their quest to infantalize their voters. Just last week the Seattle City Council passed the “secure scheduling law.”
The new requirements which the mayor is expected to sign into law this week guarantees 14 days advance notice of work schedule, compensation if the work schedule changes, and prevents employers from hiring new part-time workers if current employees want the hours. Naturally unions were exempt from this new legislation. Upon hearing the news that the Seattle city council had saved them from their non-existent work scheduling crisis…
