Rep Yakym introduces bill that would keep workers on strike from getting unemployment benefits

Congressman Rudy Yakym, R-Ind., on Thursday discussed legislation he introduced that would keep unemployment benefits from workers who choose to go on strike.

"We've introduced a few bills dealing with unemployment insurance, because a big part of what I believe is that we should protect it for people who actually need it," Yakym said on the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show. 

Yakym explained that there are progressive states that allow workers who choose to go on strike to collect unemployment benefits, and it isn't fair to individuals who are actually unemployed. 

"Liberal states like Washington and Oregon do things like allow workers who choose to go on strike to collect unemployment benefits," he said. "Why should hard-working Americans have to pay for unemployment benefits for workers who make the choice to go on strike?"

The legislation introduced by Yakym is titled the Securing Help for Involuntary Employment Loss and Displacement (SHIELD) Act.

“Choosing not to work is just that, a choice,” he wrote in a press release. “While far-left states like Oregon and Washington are busy handing out unemployment checks like participation trophies to anyone who walks off the job, the SHIELD Act puts an end to that nonsense. These radical policies disrupt the labor market, let workers walk off the job without consequences, and leave small businesses high and dry. If you choose to strike, you don’t get to collect a check from hardworking Americans, plain and simple.”