| Excerpt: | If the Senate signs off on the proposed modification to the labor agreement, President Biden could sign the new terms into law and obligate railroads to provide sick leave to their workers, which they should have simply agreed to do in the first place in negotiations, obviating the need for congressional intervention. |
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| Published at: | 7:04 PM on Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Fair Wages & Leave |
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Category Archives: Economic Security
U.S. House votes to adopt railroad labor agreement plus provide workers sick leave
An overwhelming majority of King County voters oppose the Kroger/Albertsons merger
| Excerpt: | 68% of respondents surveyed for NPI by Change Research said they opposed the merger, while just 17% said they supported it. Nearly half (48%) said they were strongly opposed, while only 5% were strongly supportive. |
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| Published at: | 11:00 AM on Monday, November 7th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Consumer Protection, Ethical Business, Research Poll Findings |
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Kim Schrier’s Republican challenger Matt Larkin calls for lowering the minimum wage
| Excerpt: | Having seemingly not learned any lessons from Dino Rossi's four unsuccessful bids for higher office this century, Kim Schrier's Republican opponent Matt Larkin declared this week in an interview with The Herald of Everett that Washington's minimum wage should be "closer" to the federal hourly minimum of $7.25. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Friday, October 28th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Minimum Wage, WA-08 |
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A majority of Washington voters agree more with Democrats about the causes of inflation
| Excerpt: | 50% of 782 likely voters interviewed for NPI by Public Policy from October 19th-20th said they agreed more with Democrats about the causes of inflation and price increases, while 43% agreed with Republicans more. 7% were not sure. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Tuesday, October 25th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Consumer Protection, Fair Wages & Leave, Research Poll Findings |
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Federal government should move swiftly to thwart Kroger/Albertsons merger
| Excerpt: | The Department of Justice should fight this merger -- including in court if necessary -- to uphold our antitrust laws, defend U.S. households from anticompetitive business practices, and protect the shareholders of these companies from executives' counterproductive empire-building ambitions. |
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| Published at: | 4:16 PM on Friday, October 14th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Ethical Business |
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Railway strike averted thanks to eleventh hour deal brokered by Biden administration
| Excerpt: | Negotiators representing American railroad workers have reached an agreement with the nation's biggest railways on a new contract that will keep the nation's railways open and avoid a strike that could have raised prices and hurt the economy. |
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| Published at: | 11:07 AM on Thursday, September 15th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Fair Wages & Leave |
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Way beyond political theater: Greg Abbott is hiking prices on Texans by choking commerce
| Excerpt: | Business leaders are furious that truck traffic across the border with Mexico has mostly ground to a halt due to the implementation of Abbott's scheme requiring trucks to be "inspected" by state level officials answerable to him. |
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| Published at: | 1:59 PM on Wednesday, April 13th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Freight Mobility, Naturalization |
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Book Review: Left Behind puts the DLC’s failed track record under a microscope
| Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of Left Behind: The Democrats' Failed Attempt to Solve Inequality, by historian Lily Geismer, an associate professor of history at Claremont McKenna College. |
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| Published at: | 4:00 PM on Sunday, March 27th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Alexa Moormeier |
| Other Categories: | Media & Culture, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Books, Social Safety Net |
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Washington State House of Representatives votes to protect workers, repeal BIAW’s I‑841
| Excerpt: | House Bill 1837 is simple: it gets rid of the restriction on the regulation of work-related musculoskeletal disorders and ergonomics. The bill is so simple that it fits on two pages (with margins removed) |
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| Published at: | 11:30 AM on Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Workplace Safety |
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Jessyn Farrell talks with NPI about her 2021 candidacy for Mayor of Seattle
| Excerpt: | Read a transcript of the conversation between NPI's Ruairi Vaughan and mayoral candidate Jessyn Farrell, one of fifteen candidates vying to become Seattle's next elected executive in the 2021 cycle. |
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| Published at: | 6:00 PM on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Policy Topics, Public Service |
| Tags: | WA-Cities |
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The Biden-Harris administration’s American Rescue Plan is popular with Washingtonians
| Excerpt: | 60% of nine hundred and ninety two likely 2022 Washington State voters surveyed late last month by Public Policy Polling said they supported the American Rescue Plan, while 32% were opposed and 8% were not sure. |
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| Published at: | 3:20 PM on Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Announcements, Healthcare, Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Insurance & Coverage, Nutrition, Research Poll Findings, Strong Commonwealth |
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President Biden congratulates Washington for adopting overtime pay law for farmworkers
| Excerpt: | It's not often that the President of the United States issues a statement weighing in on the passage of a law at the state level. As Biden's comments make clear, this issue is really, really important to him. |
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| Published at: | 2:50 PM on Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Fair Wages & Leave, Nondiscrimination |
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U.S. Senate Republicans use chamber’s undemocratic sixty-vote threshold to deny railroad workers sick leave they need