Washington state is at the bottom of the list of top performers, but that’s still a good sign. Named after the first American president, the state has a lot in common with the other top-scoring states in Oxfam’s rankings – namely, strict child labor laws, protections for workers, and a minimum wage that’s well above the national standard.

In April, Governor Jay Inslee said signed a series of bills to protect jobsincluding the Employee Free Choice Act, which made Washington the sixth state to prevent companies from firing workers who refuse to participate in “captive audience“Meetings. These meetings are typically mandatory events held by an employer to discourage workers from joining a union. They are often cited as one of the primary tactics used to slow down union efforts.

Inslee also expanded Washington state’s paid sick leave law, gave the state Department of Labor authority to investigate allegations of pay discrimination, and banned mandatory overtime for health care workers.

Oxfam gives Washington credit for being one of several states that have adopted heat standards for field workers and protections for warehouse workers, something it shares with two other high-ranking states. It is also a so-called “fair wage state” because it Abolition of tip wages below the minimum wage.

Washington has, according to the Office of Labor StatisticsA further 56,000 workers were not union members themselves, but were subordinate to a union or workers’ association.