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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Legislators are now considering a bill that would make any striking workers in the state eligible for unemployment benefits if their action lasts more than two weeks.
If it passes, it would make California the third state in the nation to adopt such a policy, following in the footsteps of New York and New Jersey.
New Jersey expanded its law in April, decreasing the waiting period for striking workers before benefits kick in from 30 to 14 days.
"When workers are on strike, they don't have money to make purchases, they're not shopping, they're late on their rents and their mortgage payments.
Robert Moutrie, a policy advocate for the California Chamber of Commerce, however, called the proposal "irresponsible" and said it would burden employers throughout the state.
"California's UI system is already $18 billion in debt," Moutrie wrote in a statement earlier this month.
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thats the whole point of a strike, no? it would be great if michigan would do this in the wake of the auto strikes but they seem insistent on arching their back for the same companies that ruined the state and Detroit in the first place.
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Also the UI system would be less in debt if alleged embezzlement of the funds from those at the top didn't happen so much. And also, so what? It keeps people from literally starving, seems like accruing a bunch of debt is a fine trade and the fix is not to continue to let people starve.