SB 5041 - Establishes Unemployment Insurance for Workers on Strike - Washington Key Vote
Timeline
- Senate Bill Passed
- March 7, 2025
- Introduced
- Jan. 13, 2025
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Title: Establishes Unemployment Insurance for Workers on Strike
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that establishes unemployment insurance for workers on strike in Washington.
Highlights:
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Requires striking workers would become eligible for unemployment benefits on the second Sunday after a strike begins, plus a one-week waiting period (Sec. 1-6).
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Specifies that unemployment insurance would also open up to people blocked from working by employers through lockouts a tactic that can be used to pressure employees during labor negotiations (Sec. 1-6).
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Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect January 1, 2026 (Sec. 7).
Title: Establishes Unemployment Insurance for Workers on Strike
- Jessica Bateman (WA - D)
- Annette Cleveland (WA - D)
- Steve E. Conway (WA - D)
- Manka Dhingra (WA - D)
- Noel Christina Frame (WA - D)
- Bob Alan Hasegawa (WA - D)
- Elizabeth 'Liz' Lovelett (WA - D)
- T'wina Nobles (WA - D)
- Tina L. Orwall (WA - D)
- Jamie D. Pedersen (WA - D)
- Rebecca Saldaña (WA - D)
- Jesse Salomon (WA - D)
- Vandana Slatter (WA - D)
- Derek Stanford (WA - D)
- Yasmin Trudeau (WA - D)
- Javier Valdez (WA - D)
- Lisa Z. Wellman (WA - D)
- Claire Wilson (WA - D)