Empowering Striking Workers Act of 2025

This bill would change federal tax and Social Security law so that workers who cannot work because of a labor dispute, such as a strike or lock-out, can receive unemployment benefits. Payments would start on the earliest of these dates: 14 days after a strike begins, the day a lock-out begins, the day the employer hires permanent replacement workers, or the day the strike or lock-out ends and the worker becomes unemployed. Workers who are indirectly unable to work because of a labor dispute would also be covered. These workers would not have to meet the usual requirement of being available for and actively seeking work.

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Sponsors

• Donald Norcross Democrat sponsor
• 52 cosponsors