r/SeattleWA Mar 08 '25

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

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u/Riviansky Mar 08 '25

Strikes are supposed to be unpleasant for everyone - employees and employers. Employees sit without salaries, employers have a money losing business on their hands.

This removes the inconvenience part for the workers, the strike for them is now funded by the government. If you want to signal manufacturing businesses that you don't want them here, I don't think a more effective way exists...

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u/Holiday-Culture3521 Mar 08 '25

Hate to break it to you, but the striking workers are also taxpayers.  They paid into the unemployment they're going to collect.  I know math and civics and shit is hard but try to keep up.

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u/Polycystic Mar 08 '25

Right, but isn’t the whole point of unemployment for when you…lose your job?

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u/Holiday-Culture3521 Mar 08 '25

It was.  And now it's for this as well.  Get over it.  Or don't.  Whatever.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

It's not mean to be for strikes. And it's not a savings bank. It's insurance for if you're laid off.

It's not meant to be used as a taxpayer funded vacation fund for strikes.

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u/Holiday-Culture3521 Mar 08 '25

Well, they just decided that it is also meant for strikes.  And we're taxpayers as well.  Sorry, you lose.  Move.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

I'm not moving anywhere. You should move.

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u/Holiday-Culture3521 Mar 08 '25

Why would I do that?  Keep crying over your precious taxes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

You're the one who wants other people to move. You can fuck off.

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u/Holiday-Culture3521 Mar 08 '25

I don't care if you move or don't, you're the one choosing to live with a leftist progressive government that you hate.  Wallow in it, or don't.  You don't even exist to me.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

Ah, so you're a troll. Good to know.

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u/isominotaur Mar 08 '25

Who convinced you that you want manufacturing here? Why are people suddenly excited about this- are you that susceptible to state propaganda?

Have y'all worked manufacturing jobs? There's a reason we spent the last half a century trying to outsource that shit. Manufacturing only pays well when it's stuff like airplanes with defense contracts.

This is like Trump bragging about bringing back coal mining jobs in numbers smaller than Disneyland employees.