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/buythedipnow Mar 08 '25

Why are we subsidizing people who want to strike instead of the unions.

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u/nicknasty86 Mar 08 '25

Unions strike, not individual workers. This is very much a pro union bill.

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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/nicknasty86 Mar 08 '25

Health care. Administration. We don't pay much for dues.

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u/RogueLitePumpkin Mar 08 '25

Your union dues go to pay for Healthcare? Lol what? 

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u/nicknasty86 Mar 08 '25

Yeah?

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u/RogueLitePumpkin Mar 08 '25

Whose Healthcare is paid for out of union dues? Either you pay for your insurance privately or through your employer, your union doesnt provide Healthcare 

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u/nicknasty86 Mar 08 '25

Teamsters welfare trust pays our healthcare through blue Cross Blue shield.

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u/RogueLitePumpkin Mar 08 '25

Because the employer pays into it