,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bgca  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #h1 
#bjbe,mr4 ,schiff introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,internal      
,revenue ,code of #aihf and the ,social 
,security ,act to provide that an       
individual engaged in a labor dispute   
may receive unemployment benefits4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,empowering ,striking ,workers ,act 
of #bjbe4  #b4 ,unemployment insurance  
for striking workers  7a7 ,in general   
,section #ccjd7;a7 of the ,internal     
,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended by   
striking and at the end of paragraph    
7#ah71 by striking the period at the end
 of paragraph 7#ai7 and inserting 2 and1
 and by adding at the end the following3
  7#bj7 in the case of an individual who
 is employed but unable to work due to a
 labor dispute 7including any           
controversy concerning terms1 tenure or 

conditions of employment1 or concerning 
the association or representation of    
persons in negotiating1 fixing1         
maintaining1 changing1 or seeking to    
arrange terms or conditions of          
employment1 regardless of whether the   
disputants stand in the proximate       
relation of employer and employee71     
including an individual unable to work  
as an indirect result of such a labor   
dispute1 compensation is payable to such
 individual as though such individual   
were unemployed beginning on the date   
that is the earlier of-- 7,a7 the date  
that is #ad days after the date on which
 a strike began2  7,b7 the date on which
 a lock-out began2  7,c7 the date on    
which the employer hired permanent      
replacement workers2 or  7,d7 the date  
on which the strike or lock-out ended   
and the individual became unemployed4  4
  7b7 ,exemption from work availability 
requirement ,section #cjc7;a77#ab7 of   
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #ejc7;a77#ab77 is amended by  

inserting 7other than a claimant who is 
an individual unable to work due to a   
labor dispute as described in section   
#ccjd7;a77#bj7 of the ,internal ,revenue
 ,code of #aihf7 after claimant4