Washington: Private insurers sought for state worker’s comp
Unable to win in the Legislature, the state building industry is launching a ballot campaign to bring private insurers into Washington’s state-run workers’ compensation system for the first time. The Democratic-controlled Legislature flatly rejected several business groups’ proposals to change the system during the just-concluded legislative session. The Initiative 1082 effort sets up a ballot-box fight with the state’s influential labor interests in an election year for most legislative seats.