The Washington state House Appropriations Committee has approved a bill, Proposed House Bill 1893, that would enable workers on strike to claim unemployment insurance. Presently, workers are barred from obtaining benefits if they are unemployed due to a strike. If the bill is enacted into law, unemployment insurance will be provided from the unemployment insurance trust fund rather than the company the striking workers are employed by. The costs would, however, be distributed among all companies participating in the system. The bill could lead to an increase in unemployment insurance claims, with potential additional annual payouts ranging between $9.8 million and $14.1 million out of the current $120 million. This proposed bill shares similarities with a bill vetoed in California by Governor Gavin Newsom last October.

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