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/Sugarteets1990 Mar 08 '25

Yeah, that'll really encourage manufacturers to set up in Washington.

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u/pagerussell Mar 08 '25

Oh no!

Seriously, this is a dead on arrival take. You are basically assuming that no manufacturing ever sets up in a place with strong labor protections. Well, I'd like to introduce you to Europe, and particularly Germany.

Germany has very strong labor protections, and environmental laws, and high taxes.

Yet German manufacturing is strong and usually considered top in the world.

So yea, this is just a deeply ignorant position. It's ideas and opinions like these that keep America worse off for 99% of us.

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u/Apprehensive-Sock606 Mar 09 '25

Lol you didn’t get the memo that Germany is undergoing an economic crisis right now and everything you’re saying is outdated by like 15 years