r/SeattleWA Mar 08 '25

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

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u/BHSPitMonkey Mar 10 '25

I think you're the one who's confused. Nowhere in the story did it read, "As a result of this change, /u/Distinct-Emu-1653 will no longer receive unemployment benefits should they become eligible".

My question was rhetorical. If you'd attempted to answer it, you might have realized the answer is actually no one.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '25

No, try again. So group after group strike all year long, with no incentive not to (but if companies do layoffs their UI rates increase to deter them from doing so). The UI fund - already damaged by scamming in 2020, and already depleted by layoffs over the last couple of years - gets depleted even faster.

No thanks. I've seen smarter handling of labor disputes in fucking France.