Striking workers shouldn't be paid unemployment benefits

Unemployment benefits were implemented under the Social Security Act off 1935 to help workers who become involuntarily employed.

The idea was that businesses would be taxed to pay for unemployment benefits for former employees who were fired, laid off or otherwise lose their job due to business closures and other decisions beyond their control. The funds would be paid on a limited basis and for a limited time period while a worker actively searched for a new job.

A worker who quit and walked off the job or who voluntarily decided not to work was not to receive any financial compensation.

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