Video & Transcript Research : 'striking workers'
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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Feb 25th, 2026 at 08:45 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- This is the bill that requires the Employment Security Department to notify a striking worker who applies
- for unemployment insurance benefits of the potential to receive an overpayment assessment if the worker
- receives retroactive wages as part of the strike settlement.
- Yeah, this is a good bill that is just a follow-up for the striking worker legislation that was passed
- This basically just notifies the striking worker that if they do collect unemployment benefits while
Bills:
SB6134
Keywords:
unemployment insurance, UI benefits, striking workers, strike, labor dispute, retroactive wages, overpayment assessment, overpayment recovery, Employment Security Department, ESD, claimant notice, benefit recoupment, Washington unemployment law, worker notice, federal unemployment tax credit, state unemployment fund, 904, all
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> providers that can diagnose workers providers that can diagnose workers compensation<00:23:58.640
- Who wouldn't even stand up for their workers, their citizen workers.
- </c><01:12:59.199><c> um</c> cases um stand up for their workers um cases um stand up for their workers
- their uh two workers who their citizen<01:13:12.960><c> workers.
- </c><01:16:02.480><c> in</c> been 8,000 more paid workers in been 8,000 more paid workers in Minnesota
Keywords:
apprenticeship, education, teacher training, grant program, labor and industry, workers' compensation, Minnesota workers' compensation, Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, reinsurance association, Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association, WCRA, occupational disease, presumption, first responders, firefighter cancer, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, police officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, also expecting to consider a bill regarding the workforce, workers compensation advisory committee
- And so we want to be prepared for it and help workers to be prepared also.
- </c><00:04:10.720><c> to</c> prepared for it and uh help workers to prepared for it and uh help workers
- to adapt their skills, make use of this, or assist workers who are dislocated by the technology.
- Workers comp work. Oh, the workers comp bill we talked about earlier too.
Keywords:
workers' compensation, Minnesota workers' compensation, Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, reinsurance association, Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association, WCRA, occupational disease, presumption, first responders, firefighter cancer, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, police officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician, correctional officer, security counselor, public safety dispatcher, temporary total disability, permanent partial disability
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- damages if they're not providing the workers' comp benefits to injured workers.
- Shannon Lindsay from Injured Workers; Joseph Jolassant from Injured Workers.
- from Injured Workers.
- . injured workers.
- Robin Crumholt from injured workers. Trey Mustian from injured workers.
Keywords:
employment discrimination, criminal history, rehabilitation, hiring process, human rights, gender identity, sexual orientation, workplace equality, labor rights, domestic abuse, unpaid leave, employee rights, workplace protection, mental health, survivor support, workers' compensation, employment benefits, claims process, fraud prevention, legal petition
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> former president of Walker Worker Union. former president of Walker Worker Union.
- </c><01:20:48.880><c> Um</c> advantage of our workers. Um advantage of our workers.
- I mean, we know that workers.
- </c> cameras that actually spy on workers. cameras that actually spy on workers.
- </c> violation on a worker that didn't occur. violation on a worker that didn't occur.
Keywords:
airport workers, wage standards, labor rights, minimum wage, economic equity, surveillance, price discrimination, wage discrimination, consumer rights, automated decision systems, Minnesota Statutes, suitable seating, employee seating, workplace seating, occupational safety, workplace safety, labor standards, employer requirements, chair, stool
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Administration Committee Meeting Jun 24th, 2026
Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- However, school social workers were inadvertently left off of that list.
- I'm also a proud 28-year school social worker in a public school.
- School social workers have waited long enough.
- As school social workers, we wear many hats every single day.
- These are real experiences school social workers face daily.
Bills:
SB231
Keywords:
school social workers, salary supplement, LCSW, mental health, education funding, Delaware Code, certification, professional standards
Summary:
The House Administration Committee met and first considered Senate Bill 231, which would extend the existing 6% salary supplement for school-based mental health professionals with advanced credentials to school social workers who hold licensed clinical social worker credentials and have passed the national exam. The bill sponsor and multiple witnesses described school social workers as essential to student mental health, crisis response, attendance, and family support, and argued the measure corrects an oversight and inequity in the current salary supplement structure. Public testimony was uniformly supportive, and the committee voted to release the bill.
The committee then heard Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 212, a constitutional amendment to protect the rights to hunt, fish, and trap. Supporters, including sportsmen’s groups and individual residents, said the amendment would preserve longstanding traditions, support wildlife management, and guard against future threats to hunting and trapping. An opposing witness argued there was no current threat in Delaware and said the Constitution should not be used to protect trapping or elevate hunting and trapping over other wildlife management approaches. Despite the opposition, the committee voted to release the substitute bill.
Finally, the committee took up Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 284, the First State Emergency Response Act, which would create a 25-foot buffer around first responders at emergency scenes after warning, with misdemeanor penalties for knowingly entering or remaining in the zone to interfere with duties. Supporters said the bill would protect police, firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics from interference, while opponents from the ACLU and the Office of Defense Services raised concerns about vague terms, potential First Amendment impacts, enforcement clarity, and jurisdictional issues. Committee members also questioned how the buffer would be marked and enforced. The sponsor and staff said they would continue working on the language, and the committee voted to release the bill.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Business and Insurance REVISED Feb 5th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Business and Insurance
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm bringing to you today in the aftermath of us changing from a judicial to a commission system on workers
- We had this workers' comp advisory commission in place, and it is agreed by all involved today that it
- The chair calls for unanimous consent to strike igel without objection. That will be the order.
Keywords:
workers' compensation, workers comp, Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission, Administrative Workers' Compensation Act, self-insurance guaranty fund, multiple injury trust fund, physician advisory committee, advisory council on workers' compensation, workers' compensation court, insurance, employer liability, self-insured employer, fund transfer, records transfer, agency reorganization, statutory cleanup, technical corrections, Title 85A, SB1343, Vision Plan Contractual Requirements Act
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 5/7/25
Rules and Legislative Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- House File 3228 is the workers' comp advisory council recommendations.
- The reason for the waiver is, as is typical, the workers' comp advisory did not adopt recommendations
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture Apr 22nd, 2026
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- crawfish industry as agricultural labor services for the purposes of the H-2A temporary agricultural worker
- crawfish industry as agricultural labor services for the purposes of the H-2A temporary agricultural worker
- as far as the crawfish, all of our crawfish processors were having trouble getting in their H-2B workers
Bills:
HCR77
Keywords:
crawfish, agricultural labor, H-2B program, H-2A program, labor shortage, temporary workers, Louisiana economy, HCR77, crawfish industry, H-2B visa, seasonal labor, agriculture, immigration
Summary:
The House Committee on Agriculture met with a quorum and considered only one item, House Concurrent Resolution 77. The resolution urges Congress, the President, and federal agencies to take action to allow crawfish industry job duties to be treated as agricultural labor for H-2A purposes and to support an H-2B-certified seasonal employer designation. Chairwoman Butler explained that the measure was prompted by problems with H-2A/H-2B worker availability and denials that have affected crawfish processors and other agricultural businesses in Louisiana.
Several members spoke in support. Representative Coates said he wanted to co-author the resolution, Representative Henry described similar problems in his district and thanked the chair for advancing the issue, and Representative Schamerhorn also supported the resolution while noting concerns about reliance on foreign labor and stating that employers cover travel, background checks, housing, and wages averaging about $18 per hour. Representative Omaday moved to report HCR 77 favorably, and the committee approved the motion without objection.
After the favorable report, the committee adjourned.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture Apr 22nd, 2026
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- crawfish industry as agricultural labor services for the purposes of the H-2A temporary agricultural worker
- crawfish industry as agricultural labor services for the purposes of the H-2A temporary agricultural worker
- as far as the crawfish, all of our crawfish processors were having trouble getting in their H-2B workers
Bills:
HCR77
TX
Keywords:
JET Grant Program, career education, technical education, community colleges, technology solutions, high demand jobs, first responders, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, benefits, compensation, presumption of disability, emergency services, healthcare, Medicaid, mental health, substance abuse, treatment access, cost, insurance coverage
TX
Keywords:
JET Grant Program, career education, technical education, community colleges, technology solutions, high demand jobs, first responders, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, benefits, compensation, presumption of disability, emergency services, healthcare, Medicaid, mental health, substance abuse, treatment access, cost, insurance coverage
TX
Keywords:
JET Grant Program, career education, technical education, community colleges, technology solutions, high demand jobs, first responders, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, benefits, compensation, presumption of disability, emergency services, healthcare, Medicaid, mental health, substance abuse, treatment access, cost, insurance coverage
TX
Keywords:
JET Grant Program, career education, technical education, community colleges, technology solutions, high demand jobs, first responders, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, benefits, compensation, presumption of disability, emergency services, healthcare, Medicaid, mental health, substance abuse, treatment access, cost, insurance coverage
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- These are issues that directly impact Texas workers, families, and businesses, and I'll look forward
- Chair lays out HB 673 relating to the eligibility of first responders for workers' compensation benefits
- Chair lays out HB 673 relating to the eligibility of first responders for workers' compensation benefits
- This bill ensures that all first responders have access to care and treatment for PTSD under the workers
- What we really didn't know at the time is how workers' comp works: it covers multiple chapters of the
Keywords:
JET Grant Program, career education, technical education, community colleges, technology solutions, high demand jobs, first responders, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, benefits, compensation, presumption of disability, emergency services, healthcare, Medicaid, mental health, substance abuse, treatment access, cost, insurance coverage
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c><00:08:50.240><c> construction</c><00:08:50.640><c> workers,</c> retail workers, construction workers
- > workers</c><00:09:44.800><c> seeking</c> workers, they restrict workers seeking workers, they restrict
- </c> workers we're talking about. workers we're talking about.
- </c> these workers make MSP run. these workers make MSP run.
- Our<01:40:57.199><c> airport</c><01:40:57.760><c> workers</c> Our airport workers Our airport workers
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- the Attorney General to develop a human trafficking awareness training program to educate and train workers
- the Attorney General to develop a human trafficking awareness training program to educate and train workers
- :34.240><c> train</c> training program to educate and train training program to educate and train workers
- in</c><00:15:34.880><c> the</c><00:15:35.040><c> transient</c><00:15:35.440><c> accommodation</c> workers
- in the transient accommodation workers in the transient accommodation sector.<00:15:36.959><c> Uh</c
Keywords:
SB2841, human trafficking, trafficking awareness, transient accommodations, hotel industry, lodging, hospitality, hotel workers, housekeeping, front desk staff, contract workers, third-party contractors, employee training, signage, reporting requirements, National Human Trafficking Hotline, labor trafficking, sex trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation of children, anti-trafficking
Summary:
The joint Judiciary, Labor, and Technology Committee heard two bills in the morning session and later took up two Judiciary decision-making items. SB 2841 would require human trafficking awareness training for transient accommodation workers. Testimony was generally supportive from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, the Department of Law Enforcement, and the Hawaii Hotel Alliance/American Hotel and Lodging Association, which also proposed amendments to preserve existing industry training programs and broaden coverage. Members clarified that the administration wanted DLE to be the lead agency instead of DLIR, while the Attorney General would still handle approval of training programs. The committee recommended passage with amendments, including coverage for third-party contractors and implementation dates, and the measure was adopted with no recorded opposition.
SB 2533 would adjust the salaries of the Campaign Spending Commission’s executive director and associate director to better align with comparable enforcement/compliance positions. The commission supported the bill, saying its salaries lag behind similar offices by about $30,000 and that recruitment and workload have become more difficult, while one testifier opposed the proposal. Members questioned why the bill used the Department of Health as the salary comparator and whether Ethics would be a better benchmark; the committee agreed to revise the bill to peg the salaries to the Ethics Commission instead, blank out the dollar amounts for further review, and note the requested appropriation in the report. The committee recommended passage with amendments, and the measure was adopted.
In the Judiciary decision-making agenda, SB 2203, concerning the use of masks or personal disguises by law enforcement officers, was amended to allow exceptions for officers who are unmasked nearby or who are supporting undercover operations, to change the term to “facial covering,” and to add definitions covering federal, state, and county law enforcement. The committee also set a far-future effective date and passed the bill with amendments. SB 2442, relating to judiciary purchase-of-service contracts with community-based organizations, was also passed with amendments; the committee added a far-future effective date, clarified the consumer price index reference, and noted a recommended appropriation amount of $4.26 million in the committee report. All measures were adopted without recorded no votes or reservations.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- But nothing protects workers who care.
- We are here support for homeare workers.
- It depending on the their county worker.
- the</c><00:20:16.160><c> service</c> worker would approve the service worker would approve the service
- So, it's just directly to workers.
Keywords:
long-term care, insurance policy, healthcare, partnership policy, Minnesota, human services, wage increase, support workers, shared services, community first services, medical assistance, sanctions, healthcare services, monetary recovery, government accountability, assisted living, training, unlicensed personnel, resident rights, safety regulations
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Families and Children (1-23-24)
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- By way of background, the Industrial Commission of Arizona administers workers' compensation insurance
- House Bill 2138 redefines the term firefighter to classify firefighters eligible for workers' compensation
- The original intent was that peace officers and firefighters would be considered eligible for workers
- Unfortunately, this was not how the workers' compensation claim played out.
- Also, thanks to the benevolence of the town of Queen Creek, they overturned the workers' compensation
Keywords:
insurance, financial surveillance, regulations, assessments, Arizona Revised Statutes, mobile food vendors, licensure, food safety, statewide regulations, health standards, zoning, temporary vendors, technical registration, engineering, architect, land surveyor, reciprocity, endorsement, qualification standards, firefighter