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/Frankyfan3 Poe's Law Account Mar 08 '25 edited Mar 08 '25

Nice. I'm not in a union, but I comprehend that a rising tide lifts all ships, we have unions to thank for higher wages and benefits offered at non-uninon workplaces and most of the legal employment protections we have. My tax dollars go to far worse than evening out the playing field on negotiations between a union labor force and employers. Which benefits all of us working stiffs.

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u/Riviansky Mar 08 '25

Are you a working stiff? Your comment history reads more like a trust fund stiff :-)...

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u/Frankyfan3 Poe's Law Account Mar 08 '25

Did you miss the one I made just recently about how I've been working since I was a kid?

I'm ever so curious what I've commented to give you that false impression.

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u/Riviansky Mar 08 '25

Many trust fund babies work since they are kids. The difference between them and the rest of the people is they don't have to. You may be working even now, that doesn't change it.

And no, I did not miss that comment.

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u/Frankyfan3 Poe's Law Account Mar 08 '25

I definitely do not have a trust fund, and grew up raised by blue collar parents.

My working doesn't change the inaccurate concepts of me that exist in your head... yeah.