Striker 430-05-30-35
(Revised 01/01/04 ML2893)
A household must not receive an increased allotment as a result of a decrease in income of a striking member of the household. Households with striking members are ineligible to participate in SNAP unless the household would have been eligible for benefits the day prior to the strike.
Exceptions:
- Individuals who go on strike that are exempt from work requirements the day prior to the strike, other than those exempt because they are employed.
Example:
An individual with a child under the age of six.
- Employees whose workplace is closed by an employer in order to resist demands of employees.
Example:
A lockout.
- Employees unable to work as a result of striking employees.
Example:
Truck drivers who are not working because striking newspaper pressman prevent newspapers from being printed.
- Employees who are not part of the bargaining unit on strike and who do not want to cross a picket line due to fear of personal injury or death.
Eligibility must be determined by comparing the striking member's income the day before the strike to the striker's current income and using the higher of the two. To determine benefits, deductions are calculated the same as any other household.
Striker households are subject to the work requirements, unless otherwise exempt.
An employee of a Federal, State, or local government who participates in a strike against their governmental employer, or is dismissed from a job because of participation in the strike, is considered to have quit a job without good cause.
