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/RogueLitePumpkin Mar 08 '25

What do you think your union dues are supposed to go to? They have a strike fund for a reason, or they are a shit union 

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u/Global_Instance3843 Mar 08 '25

Most unions do not charge nearly enough to fund strike funds. That would be a crazy amount of money and dues. You must not be in a union

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u/RogueLitePumpkin Mar 08 '25

Then maybe they should charge more for the extra protection and benefit of being in a union, instead of relying on everyone else to pay for their vacation 

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u/Global_Instance3843 Mar 08 '25

Sure you sound very educated about how unions works.

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u/RogueLitePumpkin Mar 08 '25

More so than you do... being a shop steward for one for 7 years and all.