Communications Workers of America Applauds Introduction of Empowering Striking Workers Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), and Donald Norcross (D-N.J.), introduced the Empowering Striking Workers Act to make striking workers eligible for unemployment insurance nationwide.

Frank Arce, CWA Vice President, District 9, issued the following statement:

Workers sacrifice their paychecks and their family’s financial stability in order to hold employers accountable when they are forced to go on strike by employers who refuse to negotiate fair contracts. No worker should be denied the unemployment insurance they’ve earned and deserve simply because they are exercising their right to strike.

The Empowering Striking Workers Act will offer working families in California and across the country equal access to unemployment insurance while engaging in their legal right to protest injustice in the workplace and improve their working conditions. This bill must be passed swiftly on behalf of every worker currently missing a paycheck.

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About CWA: The Communications Workers of America represents working people in telecommunications, customer service, media, airlines, health care, public service and education, manufacturing, tech, and other fields.

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