SB8 amends Connecticut law to expand welfare entitlements, allowing workers participating in a labor strike to receive unemployment payments.

The Connecticut House of Representatives passed SB8 on May 30, 2025 by a vote of 89 to 59. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this legislation expands government entitlements by using taxpayer funds to subsidize striking workers, favoring employees in labor disputes and interfering with free-market negotiations. This legislation violates Article I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution by impairing the obligation of contracts through state interference in private labor agreements. Government should protect taxpayer resources through deregulation and not intervene in labor disputes.