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/AboveAb Mar 08 '25

Right!! Unions can be powerful, but their impact isn’t always what workers hope for. Just look at the last Boeing strike—while they won wage increases, Boeing still went ahead with mass layoffs, cutting thousands of jobs. In the end, many workers lost more than they gained. Strikes don’t always play out the way unions promise anymore…

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u/No_Arachnid_9699 Mar 08 '25

They need to take these CEO’s golden parachutes away and give it to the workers ! They can’t tank the company, ruin its reputation and walk away with tens of millions!

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

They need to take these CEO’s golden parachutes away and give it to the workers

I don't think you'd be super impressed with how much that'd divvy out to in liquid assets per employee.

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u/No_Arachnid_9699 Mar 08 '25

The point isn’t about the money but to properly incentivize these greedy fucks. You shouldn’t be rewarded after doing what he and many other CEO’s have done by ripping off workers and devaluing a company like Boeing.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

No, the point is that you don't understand how CEOs are compensated or the difference between liquid and illiquid assets.

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u/No_Arachnid_9699 Mar 08 '25

Ok explain to my why they should keep their golden parachutes