Comments on: The passage of Initiative 1000 is a slap in the face to veterans https://waasians4equality.org/2019/05/26/the-passage-of-initiative-1000-is-a-slap-in-the-face-to-veterans/ Asian Americans fighting for equality in Washington State Thu, 25 Jul 2019 00:20:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: Reject I-1000 - WA Asians For Equality https://waasians4equality.org/2019/05/26/the-passage-of-initiative-1000-is-a-slap-in-the-face-to-veterans/#comment-4600 Thu, 25 Jul 2019 00:20:24 +0000 https://waasians4equality.org/?p=4580#comment-4600 […] The passage of Initiative 1000 is a slap in the face to veterans. One of I-1000’s unintentional consequences is that I-1000 would actually eliminates veterans’ preference in public employment that has been provided in Washington State since 1895. See RCW 41.04.010 and 73.16.010. At the April 18th public hearing on I-1000, non-partisan staff said “The initiative (I-1000) will now prohibit the use of preferential treatment with respect to veterans” . […]

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