Sponsored By: Senator Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-30]
Introduced
Extends unemployment insurance to workers who cannot work because of labor disputes. It would treat individuals employed but unable to work because of a strike, lock-out, or related labor dispute as unemployed for unemployment compensation and set eligibility to begin on the earliest of these dates: 14 days after a strike, the date a lock-out begins, the date an employer hires permanent replacement workers, or the date the strike or lock-out ends and the individual becomes unemployed.
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If enacted, you would be treated as unemployed if you are employed but cannot work because of a labor dispute. You could get unemployment pay starting on the earliest of: 14 days after a strike begins; the date a lock-out begins; the date the employer hires permanent replacement workers; or the date the strike or lockout ends and you become unemployed. This would apply even if you are indirectly affected or if disputants are not in a direct employer–employee relationship.
If enacted, people who cannot work because of a labor dispute as defined in the bill would no longer be exempt from the Social Security Act's work-availability test. That means these claimants would have to meet work-availability rules to get or keep unemployment benefits. This change would take effect upon enactment and applies to claimants covered by the bill's labor-dispute definition.
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Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-30]
CA • D
Richard Blumenthal
CT • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-3]
AZ • D
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Cory Booker
NJ • D
Sponsored 1/27/2026
Bernie Sanders
VT • I
Sponsored 2/9/2026
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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