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Punch line: New York is lone state to provide compensation in labor disputes.

So, striking Verizon union members have  filed for jobless benefits.

Excerpted from from Marketwatch

U.S. workers are usually denied jobless benefits when they go on strike. After all, they walked off the job.

Except in New York. The state is the only one in the U.S. that allows striking workers to receive unemployment benefits.

So, about 21,000 union members filed applications for unemployment compensation, according to the U.S. Labor Department.

Based on the average salary of Verizon workers, they might be eligible for the $405 maximum weekly benefit New York provides.

The costs will be borne by Verizon – which would be forced to pay more into the New York’s unemployment insurance fund — and the residents of New York. .

And, New Yorkers wonder why their taxes are so high …

Thanks to SMH for feeding the lead

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