Empowering Striking Workers Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 5
- Latest action
- Sep 8, 2025
What it does
The Empowering Striking Workers Act of 2025 would amend federal law to allow individuals engaged in labor disputes—such as strikes or lockouts—to receive unemployment benefits, even if they remain employed but are unable to work due to the dispute. It specifies that benefits would be payable as if the individual were unemployed, beginning on the earlier of: 14 days after a strike starts, the start of a lockout, the hiring of permanent replacement workers, or the end of the dispute when the worker becomes unemployed. The bill also exempts such individuals from the usual work availability requirement for unemployment insurance under the Social Security Act. This change would affect workers…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.