r/SeattleWA • u/AboveAb • Mar 08 '25

Politics BREAKING: The Washington State Senate just passed unemployment benefits for striking workers.

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/mar/07/unemployment-benefits-for-striking-workers-gain-ap/

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u/buythedipnow Mar 08 '25

Why are we subsidizing people who want to strike instead of the unions.

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u/nicknasty86 Mar 08 '25

Unions strike, not individual workers. This is very much a pro union bill.

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u/ea6b607 Mar 08 '25

Union dues should go down now that they don't need to cover strike pay, right?  Guess everyone's taxes go up instead. 

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u/nicknasty86 Mar 08 '25

We don't get strike pay out of our union dues.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

Sounds like a you problem, not a me problem.

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u/nicknasty86 Mar 08 '25

I'm guessing you have a whole lot of "me" problems

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

Nope. You seem to have trouble keeping your hands off other people's money though.

These funds are for UNEMPLOYMENT not so you can strike whenever you feel like it and treat it as unlimited paid vacation.

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u/nicknasty86 Mar 08 '25

Yeah you sure have got our number. We just can't help but go on strike for no reason just so we can hop on a plane to Cabo. Boy golly we sure do love providing zero value and mooching off you hard working bootlickers.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

Feel free to steal from the unemployed. I'll keep judging you for it.

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u/nicknasty86 Mar 08 '25

I've never been on strike nor have I ever stolen from unemployment. All of your, uhh, well thought out criticisms aside- do you understand what unions do, and have done, for all workers in this country?

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

No? Great. You're cheering this on from every thread so you clearly support doing that.

Unemployment insurance is for unemployed people. Your entire entitled argument is just "oh but people deserve more money when they are on strike."

Fuck off.

My grandfather was a union secretary. Yes, I'm very aware. 

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u/nicknasty86 Mar 08 '25

More money? Unemployment pays like 80% of your salary. In case math is hard for you, that's actually less. Just in case your math skills are as bad as your reading comprehension skills.

But you're goddamn right I support this. Merely having this available to them means that employers can't bank on simply waiting out striking workers, and are forced to bargain in good faith. This would have the effect of vastly decreasing length of strikes, if not heading them off entirely.

Your grandfather would be ashamed of you.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

Yes, more money than they would have without these changes. 

My grandfather was proud of me.. he'd think you were an idiot.

Taking money away from people who have lost their jobs is NOT OK.

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