Support your rights

In a recent debate hosted by the League of Women Voters, Paul Warfield of the JOBS Coalition said that it’s necessary for workers to forfeit their Fourth Amendment constitutional rights in the workplace so employers can make sure they’re not looking at pornography on work time, even if there’s no evidence that they are doing so.

Keep in mind that the JOBS Coalition is leading the big corporate interests against Spokane’s Proposition 1 citizens’ initiative, the Community Bill of Rights.

The Fourth Amendment protects us from unwarranted searches. Since you don’t have Fourth Amendment protections in the corporate workplace, your employer can conduct unwarranted searches of your email, locker or even your car if it’s parked in the company parking lot.

It’s also why they can test your blood or urine, even if there’s zero evidence that you take drugs.

Spokane’s Proposition 1 would change this, so you wouldn’t be subjected to searches of your email, locker, car, or body without good reason.

Just because the job market is in serious straits doesn’t mean workers should forfeit their constitutional protections. Vote “yes” on Spokane’s Proposition 1 – support worker and community rights, not corporate rights.

Kai Huschke

Spokane