Empowering Striking Workers Act of 2025

This bill would change federal law so that state unemployment programs must pay benefits to workers who are unable to work because of a labor dispute, such as a strike or lock-out. This includes workers who cannot work as an indirect result of a dispute. Benefits 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. These workers would not have to meet the usual requirement of being available for and actively seeking work.

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Sponsors

• Adam B. Schiff Democrat sponsor
• 4 cosponsors