SEIU members worked hard to elect Dow Constantine as King County Executive and defeat Tim Eyman’s Initiative 1033.
Tim Eyman’s Initiative 1033
Initiative 1033 was soundly defeated across the state, as working families recognized the damage it would do to our basic services including healthcare. Despite an increasing need for healthcare services, the funding for hospitals, mental health clinics, and other health care services like the Basic Health Plan have already been cut or eliminated.
Tim Eyman’s I-1033 would have made our health care crisis even more severe by making current state cuts permanent and costing our state thousands of jobs.
Send a message to your state legislators that Washington state doesn’t want to see more cuts to healthcare and education services.
King County Executive Dow Constantine
Dow is a former state senator and current Chair of the King County Council and has been a strong champion for working families. As a state senator he established the Gates Commission which called for restructuring our inadequate and regressive tax system. He has advocated for adequate funding for public health, mental health and other human services in King County. And he has been a reliable supporter of the rights of workers to organize and bargain for living wages and good benefits.
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