Six Months in, Washington Has Paid Unemployment to More than 100 Striking Workers

Six months in, Washington has paid unemployment to more than 100 striking workers

The state has paid out over half a million dollars in unemployment benefits to workers during labor disputes this year.  Washington’s new benefit extending unemployment to striking union workers took effect Jan. 1. Since then, the state Employment Security Department has made payments to 138 people, totaling 642 weeks of pay and nearly $506,000, the agency reported this week. The total could soon climb. Striking workers at Hilton’s Embassy Suite…

Six months in, WA has paid unemployment to more than 100 striking workers

Workers at Hilton's Embassy Suites in Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood have been on strike since June 18. (Photo courtesy of UNITE HERE Local 8)The state has paid out over half a million dollars in unemployment benefits to workers during labor disputes this year.  Washington’s new benefit extending unemployment to striking union workers took effect Jan. 1. Since then, the state Employment Security Department has made payments to 138 people,…

WA has paid unemployment to more than 100 striking workers

The state has paid out over half a million dollars in unemployment benefits to workers during labor disputes this year.