WPC NEWS: Striking Workers Could Empty Unemployment Insurance Fund, Increase UI Rates

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Striking Workers Could Empty Unemployment Insurance Fund

When lawmakers were deciding whether to allow Washington state’s unemployment insurance (UI) fund to be used to pay striking workers, proponents of the idea insisted the fund was healthy enough to be stretched beyond its role of providing temporary financial help to workers who lose a job through no fault of their own.

Guess what? That doesn’t seem to be the case, just as Washington Policy Center and others warned.

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