unemployment
Statistics show new claims for jobless aid fewest in 15 months
July 1, 2021But National Employment Law Project warns millions now depending upon benefits will be cut off by July 4.
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Jobless checks could soon stop for three in four getting aid
June 18, 2021Those workers will fall off the economic cliff and millions of jobless will get no help at all as states kill the $300 dollar federal supplement, top economist warns.
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Republican governors yank unemployment aid even as jobs shortfall continues
June 4, 2021In a move that will slow the recovery, GOP-dominated states turn down $300 in weekly federal help for their unemployed workers.
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Bosses and Republicans use fake ‘labor shortage’ to cut unemployment benefits
May 12, 2021It’s not that people don’t want to work—it’s that they don’t want to work for so little.
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Big biz answer to low April job numbers: End unemployment benefits!
May 7, 2021Now is not the time to cut benefits or slash the $4 trillion economic revival programs laid out by the administration.
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