I didn’t think strikers could apply for UE...........................
You can apply, but getting it is another thing.
Just read this:
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 in some cases allows striking workers to receive unemployment benefits, according to a union official.
Apparently thousands of workers at Verizon Communications are trying to take advantage of the rare law. During a two-week strike that ended Tuesday, about 21,000 union members filed applications for unemployment compensation, according to the U.S. Labor Department.