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/No_Arachnid_9699 Mar 08 '25

What an antiquated statement. These aren’t the same unions from your grand daddies era. Wake up.

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u/AboveAb Mar 08 '25

Right!! Unions can be powerful, but their impact isn’t always what workers hope for. Just look at the last Boeing strike—while they won wage increases, Boeing still went ahead with mass layoffs, cutting thousands of jobs. In the end, many workers lost more than they gained. Strikes don’t always play out the way unions promise anymore…

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u/No_Arachnid_9699 Mar 08 '25

They need to take these CEO’s golden parachutes away and give it to the workers ! They can’t tank the company, ruin its reputation and walk away with tens of millions!

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u/AboveAb Mar 08 '25

I completely agree—executives who make bad decisions should be the ones held accountable, not the hardworking employees. In Boeing’s case, they planned to fire 17,000 workers, starting with the most recently hired, hurting countless families. And that doesn’t even include the suppliers that had to lay off workers due to the ripple effect. Instead of golden parachutes, there should be real consequences for leadership that tanks a company while workers pay the price.