Senate Bill 5041 – ClarkCountyToday.com

VIDEO: Striking workers add to deficit risk for Washington jobless fund

ClarkCountyToday.com — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:27:55 +0000

Washington paid $565,700 in unemployment benefits to 151 striking workers in the first seven months of the year.

Opinion: Dues & Don’ts – Unions are political, and union money is again driving opposition to initiatives

ClarkCountyToday.com — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 02:21:25 +0000

WEA, the Washington Federation of State Employees, and relevant locals of SEIU each contributed $1M to oppose IP26-645, the income tax repeal initiative.

Letter: ‘A strike is the withdrawal of labor in a dispute the employer co-produces at the bargaining table’

ClarkCountyToday.com — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:57:06 +0000

Washougal's Anthony Teso argues Senate Bill 5041 removes a structural tilt favoring employers in labor disputes.

Opinion: UI fund has a government-made leak harming workers and their employers

ClarkCountyToday.com — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 21:52:24 +0000

138 striking workers have collected 642 weeks of UI benefits totaling nearly $506,000 under Washington's new law.

Opinion: 106 striking workers already using unemployment insurance benefits

ClarkCountyToday.com — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 23:56:24 +0000

A Washington Policy Center analyst says the state’s new law allowing striking workers to collect unemployment benefits is already affecting the UI system.

Opinion: Another problem with strike pay from the UI fund – Potential double-dipping, overpayments

ClarkCountyToday.com — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:00:50 +0000

Elizabeth New (Hovde) argues that Washington’s new strike pay law risks overpayments and double-dipping unless workers are clearly warned at the point of applying for unemployment benefits.

Opinion: Shrinking UI Trust Fund could cause businesses — and their workers — more pain

ClarkCountyToday.com — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 01:03:23 +0000

Elizabeth New (Hovde) warns that Washington’s UI fund is weakening and that SB 5041 could increase costs for employers and workers.

Opinion: Back-to-school season comes with a side of strike

ClarkCountyToday.com — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 01:00:22 +0000

Elizabeth New (Hovde) argues Evergreen school strikes hurt families, noting public strikes are illegal and calling demands that extend closures unacceptable.

Opinion: Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen thinks Washington is a great place to do business

ClarkCountyToday.com — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 21:52:33 +0000

Washington Policy Center’s Mark Harmsworth challenges Sen. Jamie Pedersen’s claim that Washington is a top state for business, pointing to data showing the opposite.

Opinion: Work? Strike? Whatever; Employers now required to pay union members not to work

ClarkCountyToday.com — Wed, 21 May 2025 17:32:18 +0000

A new Washington law allows striking workers to collect unemployment benefits, a move Elizabeth New argues will unfairly burden employers and encourage more frequent and prolonged strikes.