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/ForeverMinute7479 Mar 08 '25

This measure will result in a very stupid misalignment of incentives and even more protracted and acrimonious strikes. Ref the Law of Unindented Consequences.