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CED-81-85 1 (1981-03-26)

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  UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
         WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


R ELEASED


The Honorable Jesse A. Helms, Chairman
Senate Committee on Agriculture,
  Nutrition, and Forestry

The Honorable Strom Thurmond
United States Senate


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The Honorable E. Thomas Coleman
The Honorable William L. Dickinson
House of Representatives

     Subject: Information on Strikers' Participation
                in the Food Stamp Programj(CED-81-85)

     On February 6, 1981, you asked us to gather available
data on participation in the Food Stamp Program by house-
holds with members involved in labor/management disputes. l/
Such data was to include information on the number of parti-
cipating households containing a striker, the value of food
stamp benefits provided to such households, and fluctuations
in strikers' participation.

     Our review showed that, in the 50 States and the District
of Columbia, for the five 1-month periods for which data was
available (during the period September 1976 to November 1979):

     --The percentage of food stamp households containing a
       striker ranged from 0.29 percent to 2.1 percent of
       total food stamp households.

     --Of all persons on strike, the percentage of strikers
       who participated in the Food Stamp Program ranged
       from 3.6 percent to 36.4 percent.




1/Labor/management disputes include lockouts by management and
  strikes. Because workers involved in either type of dispute
  are treated the same for food stamp purposes, we use the term
  strikers for all workers involved in labor/management
  disputes.


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COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT DIVISION


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MARCH 26, 1981

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