If someone is locked out can he or she get unemployment benefits?

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Am watching Chris Hayes on DVR and they are discussing the lockout of refs so I was wondering about that.

[louis c]

1. Yes

A locked out worker is not working by the actions of the employer.

A worker on strike is not working by the choice of the employee.

A locked out worker is part of a collective bargaining agreement where the union wants to continue working and bargaining, but the employer refuses to do so.

A worker on strike is exercising the opposite position.

As a result, the locked out worker is entitled to unemployment benefits.

A worker on strike is generally not entitled.

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2. I figured as much

add in any kind of union strike fund and workers could end up being able to hold out for 6 months or more.

[former9thward]

3. I read that almost all of them have second jobs.

So they would not get benefits because they are working elsewhere.

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4. well yeah for the refs

but apparently many ordinary companies are starting to do this too.

[SheilaT]

5. And someone who is layed off because of a strike

by union members elsewhere in the company, is also entitled to unemployment benefits.

[doc03]

6. Was on strike twice and received unemployment, the company wanted

concessions and the Union offered to continue working under the existing contract. All three states involved OH PA and WV declared it a lockout and paid us. One strike was 100 days the other was 10 1/2 months.

[doc03]

8. I think my union (USW) set the precedent for that back in

1985. The company wanted concessions and our union offered to continue working under the existing contract, it went through the courts for 3 months and finally the state of PA caved in. After that WV and Ohio followed. Our contract was settled within a week.

[Odin2005]

7. Yes, my Dad did when American Crystal Sugar locked him out.