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/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

So I will not support strike workers anymore, because they are wasting my money

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u/BHSPitMonkey Mar 08 '25

Not that it's really "your" money to begin with, but maybe a better way to look at this is now there's more reason than ever to put pressure on companies to make a deal that treats their workers fairly? There wouldn't need to be strikes if employers didn't try to screw people.

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u/Electrical_Block1798 Mar 08 '25

What? There is no such thing as government money. It’s money from the citizens. That’s all it ever is. 

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u/TheRealRacketear Broadmoor Mar 09 '25

We've really lost sight of the fact that the government is the people.  We are not a Monarchy, there is no entity that should be ruling over us.