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MS 2420

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Volume 2 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) MS 2420 – R. 6/1/26 – OMTL – 368 Guidelines for Applying Striker Provisions

[Use the following information to determine whether a household member is considered a striker. If a member is determined to be a striker, follow procedures specified in MS 2400.

A. Striker Provisions do not apply to the following individuals or situations:

1. Employees whose workplace is closed by an employer in order to resist demands of employees, i.e., by lockout;

2. Employees who are not members of the striking union and who are unable to work because of striking employees; for example, striking newspaper pressmen are preventing newspapers from being printed, and as a result, truck drivers are not working because there are no papers to deliver;

3. Employees who are not members of the bargaining unit on strike who do not want to cross a picket line due to fear of personal injury or death. The household's statement, as well as general knowledge of violence in the past or present, is sufficient verification to substantiate this exemption from striker provisions;

4. Employees who are exempt from work registration the day prior to the strike, for reasons other than full-time employment at the company that is being struck;

5. Members of the bargaining unit who are working;

6. If the company fires the employee while they are on strike;

7. If the employee officially resigns from their job while on strike;

8. If the company hires permanent replacements for the strikers;

9. If the company will not allow the striker to return to their same job but offers them a different one;

10.If an employee was locked out by the company the day before the strike;

11.If the company lays off, furloughs, or otherwise notifies employees who are not part of the bargaining unit that no jobs are available because of the strike;

12.If a person was laid off when the strike began;

13.Self-employed persons such as independent long-distance truck drivers; or

14.If the union and the company both consider the work stoppage a lockout by the company.

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MS 2420

[1]

Volume 2 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) MS 2420 – R. 6/1/26 – OMTL – 368 Guidelines for Applying Striker Provisions

[Use the following information to determine whether a household member is considered a striker. If a member is determined to be a striker, follow procedures specified in MS 2400.

A. Striker Provisions do not apply to the following individuals or situations:

1. Employees whose workplace is closed by an employer in order to resist demands of employees, i.e., by lockout;

4. Employees who are exempt from work registration the day prior to the strike, for reasons other than full-time employment at the company that is being struck;

5. Members of the bargaining unit who are working;

6. If the company fires the employee while they are on strike;

7. If the employee officially resigns from their job while on strike;

8. If the company hires permanent replacements for the strikers;

9. If the company will not allow the striker to return to their same job but offers them a different one;

10.If an employee was locked out by the company the day before the strike;

11.If the company lays off, furloughs, or otherwise notifies employees who are not part of the bargaining unit that no jobs are available because of the strike;

12.If a person was laid off when the strike began;

13.Self-employed persons such as independent long-distance truck drivers; or

14.If the union and the company both consider the work stoppage a lockout by the company.