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.
Category: Economic Security
A majority of Washington voters agree more with Democrats about the causes of inflation
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.
Federal government should move swiftly to thwart Kroger/Albertsons merger
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.
Railway strike averted thanks to eleventh hour deal brokered by Biden administration
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.
NPI at Netroots Nation 2022: Talking worker organizing, ALU’s future with Chris Smalls
In this sixth installment of NPI@NN (2022), NPI’s Caya Berndt spoke with organizer and Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls about the unifying power of workers joining forces to bargain collectively and the future of the ALU.
Way beyond political theater: Greg Abbott is hiking prices on Texans by choking commerce
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.
Book Review: Left Behind puts the DLC’s failed track record under a microscope
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.
Washington State House of Representatives votes to protect workers, repeal BIAW’s I‑841
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)
Jessyn Farrell talks with NPI about her 2021 candidacy for Mayor of Seattle
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.
The Biden-Harris administration’s American Rescue Plan is popular with Washingtonians
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.
President Biden congratulates Washington for adopting overtime pay law for farmworkers
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.
PCC Community Markets members just voted to elect two PCC workers to the co-op’s board
Donna Rasmussen and Laurae McIntyre are longtime PCC members and employees who are concerned about PCC’s future, just as our team at NPI is.
The American Rescue Plan: An opportunity to scrap Reaganomics and government bashing
It’s time to show the country that governments works, while keeping Republicans from gobbling up credit for what they voted against.
Relief on the way: U.S. House sends American Rescue Plan to President Joe Biden’s desk
This historic bill is a life-changer that will help hundreds of millions of Americans recover from the coronavirus pandemic and build better lives.