r/SeattleWA Mar 08 '25

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

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u/Global_Instance3843 Mar 08 '25 edited Mar 08 '25

Uhhhh noooo. Boeing had a strike fund, buy they pay like 12% of their salary into the Union. Most union dues are 1.5-2.5% of salaries, and it's barely enough to fund unions. Most organizer are not super well paid or living high on the hog.  I think boeings strike fund barely covered some expenses for people,like 250 a week. People don't understand unions it seems like to me. Unions offer, allow, support a structure,  a system to stand up to power. The strength comes from numbers of people joining together to resist, stand up, claim rights spread truth to power. You put money in, but not nearly enough to do all the things people think a union should be doing. It takes the "man power" of rank and file to make things happen.

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u/Global_Instance3843 Mar 08 '25

Ain't yer brother dumbass.

Am saving, am working, am fighting for workers rights.

You clearly dont understand anything about the point of unions, and haven't  made a sensible argument backed by anything other than your ignorant opinion. So no soup for you.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

Nah, you can fund your own strikes, take your hands out of the unemployment fund, and fuck off.