King County employees are pushing back hard over their return-to-office mandate, with questions both pragmatic and philosophical.
Their new boss, Executive Girmay Zahilay, is requiring they report to office buildings three days a week by June 1, while giving departments the discretion to figure out the details. He said the move is intended to improve service to the public.
But union leaders and employees said the planning has been rushed and unresponsive to their concerns…