Congress moves to feed striking workers, removing Depression-era SNAP ban
S. 1156 — Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025 · Filed by John Fetterman (D-PA) · 15 cosponsors · Introduced Mar 26, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to remove a rule that makes striking workers and their households ineligible for SNAP (food stamps). Currently, federal law bars SNAP eligibility for households where someone is on strike; this bill deletes that bar, allowing striking workers' families to receive nutrition assistance during labor disputes.
Why we flagged it
The bill's operative mechanism is to restore SNAP eligibility to striking workers by removing a federal prohibition. It is fundamentally a labor-protection measure that uses food-assistance policy as the vehicle, ensuring workers can sustain themselves during strikes without facing additional economic penalties.
What the text implies
- Removal of the strike-eligibility bar may increase SNAP enrollment during labor disputes, with fiscal impact depending on strike frequency and household size; the bill contains no appropriations offset or sunset clause.
- The change applies retroactively to all striking workers and their households once enacted, potentially affecting ongoing labor disputes and creating a new baseline for future strikes.
The full analysis lists 3 implications of this text.
Who stands to gain
striking workers and their households (direct SNAP recipients)