Empowering Striking Workers Act of 2025 allows labor dispute participants to receive unemployment benefits.

Empowering Striking Workers Act of 2025 amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Social Security Act to enable individuals engaged in labor disputes to receive unemployment benefits. This includes those unable to work due to strikes, lock-outs, or employer hiring of permanent replacements. Benefits commence 14 days after a strike starts, when a lock-out begins, when employers hire permanent replacements, or when the dispute ends and the individual becomes unemployed.

Empowering Striking Workers Act of 2025 allows labor dispute participants to receive unemployment benefits.

Empowering Striking Workers Act of 2025 amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Social Security Act to enable individuals engaged in labor disputes to receive unemployment benefits. This includes those unable to work due to strikes, lock-outs, or employer hiring of permanent replacements. Benefits commence 14 days after a strike starts, when a lock-out begins, when employers hire permanent replacements, or when the dispute ends and the individual becomes unemployed.