Policy Wins Portfolio

Strategic Work. Real Results.

These wins represent years of commitment, collaboration, and follow-through. RNJ Strategies works alongside advocacy organizations and coalitions to pass laws, secure funding, and move policy that makes a real difference. This is what effective strategy looks like in action.

Labor, Economic Justice, and Workforce

  • Paid family and medical leave

  • Equal pay protections

  • Unemployment access for striking workers

  • Limits on non-compete agreements

  • Maritime Salary Survey Modernization

  • Apprenticeship and workforce development expansion

  • Organizing rights for cannabis agricultural workers

  • Ensured competitive salaries to recruit and retain maritime professionals through updates to the statewide salary survey

  • Community and technical college faculty funding

  • K–12 education staff investment

Gun Violence Prevention

  • Assault weapons ban

  • High-capacity magazine prohibition

  • Permit-to-purchase firearms law

  • Universal background checks

  • Enhanced background checks for assault weapons

  • Centralizing the statewide firearms background check system

  • Safe firearm storage requirements

  • Requirement to report lost and stolen firearms

  • Extreme risk protection orders

  • Firearm dealer accountability

  • Creation of the Statewide Office of Firearm Violence Prevention

  • Gun industry accountability legislation

Survivor Protections and Justice Reform

  • Elimination of the statute of limitations for sexual assault

  • Workplace sexual harassment policy reform

  • Rape kit reform and rape survivor safety laws

  • Strengthened protection orders for survivors of domestic and sexual violence

  • Wrongful death statute reform

  • Paid safe leave for victims of hate crimes

  • Establishment of Washington’s hate and bias incident reporting hotline

  • Over $100 million dollars secured for victim services

Health, Safety, and Childcare

  • Safe staffing standards for healthcare workers

  • Guaranteed meal and rest breaks for frontline hospital staff

  • Expanded dental therapy statewide to authorize licensed providers in Tribal clinics and public health settings, improving access to preventive and restorative oral care for underserved communities

  • Capital investments in childcare facilities

Ballot Initiatives, Revenue Strategy, and Democracy

  • Public investment impact disclosure requirements

  • Strategic support for revenue coalitions

  • Led and supported revenue coalition efforts, including capital gains to fund early learning and K-12 education

  • Budget protections during economic downturns

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