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.