It may be hard to tell, but these two candidates are running against each other.
Believe it or not, these two candidates are running against each other! nate gowdy

With a little more than two months left until the general election, mayoral candidates are beginning to pitch policy ideas rather than just feel-good platitudes. But you'd be forgiven for losing track of which idea belongs to which candidate.

On Monday, Durkan—a former U.S attorney with backing from the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce—introduced a plan for two years of free community college for public high school graduates. Cary Moon—an engineer pledging to be an anti-corporate outsider—offered tacit support for the idea. On Tuesday, Moon said the city should address climate change, offering a list of mostly vague service," and "collaborat[ing]" with communities of color "to build a targeted climate justice strategy." On her website, Durkan pledges to expand transit and offer incentives for green energy and says she's "deeply committed to ensuring that the people most impacted by environmental degradation are included in crafting durable and just solutions."

And last night, both Moon and Durkan released proposals for a "domestic workers bill of rights" to expand labor protections for in-home care workers like nannies and housekeepers. Both plans would ensure domestic workers are paid the minimum wage and have the same rest breaks and overtime pay as other workers.

Currently, according to the women's rights group Legal Voice, most but not all domestic workers are covered by state minimum wage laws but most domestic workers are exempted from requirements that they get breaks. Only some earn overtime pay. New York, California, Massachusetts and Illinois have passed bills of rights extending labor protections to domestic workers.

Moon's plan would extend minimum wage laws, meal and rest breaks, overtime rules, and anti-discrimination and sexual harassment protections to domestic workers. Moon says she would also encourage and support domestic workers' efforts to unionize. She promises more proposals in the coming week, including equal pay protections for women and people of color, limits on non-compete agreements, rights for freelance workers, and other proposals.

Durkan's plan would also give domestic workers overtime pay, breaks, and rest. She proposes giving "high road" businesses incentives for complying with the new rights and establishing a new body that would set pay and benefits for domestic workers. Durkan pledges to protect workers' organizing rights "with all tools at my disposal" and "fully fund" the city's Office of Labor Standards, which enforces its labor laws. (Mayor Ed Murray has doubled that office's size during his term. I've asked Durkan's camp if she has a specific dollar figure or staffing number in mind here.) For "gig economy workers" like ride-share drivers, Durkan is less specific but pledges to look into potential policies and to defend collective bargaining rights.

Both of the candidates' press releases quote leaders from Service Employees International Union locals, Durkan's from SEIU 775 and Moon's from SEIU 6 and SEIU 925.

Though Moon's release is now dated Tuesday online, her campaign sent it to reporters yesterday under an embargo. [UPDATE: Moon's release now has the correct date.] They planned to officially release it today. When Durkan released hers late yesterday afternoon, Moon's campaign released theirs too. It's not clear who actually came up with the idea first. It is clear both candidates are going to need to work a little harder to distinguish themselves from each other.