Pennsylvania Needs to Resolve the Unemployment Benefit Crisis

From the Philadelphia Unemployment Project (http://www.philaup.org/): Over 315,000 Pennsylvanians are currently awaiting determinations of their applications for unemployment benefits, many for months. Thousands more have had their benefits stopped illegally without notice or due process. The US Department of Labor … Continued

Bolstering Case for Extending Unemployment Relief—and Higher Wages Overall—Study Shows Recipients Spent More During Pandemic

Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/07/16/bolstering-case-extending-unemployment-relief-and-higher-wages-overall-study-shows Published on Thursday, July 16, 2020 by Common Dreams “Shocker: Working people spend money when they have it.” By Eoin Higgins, staff writer Hundreds of unemployed Kentucky residents wait in long lines outside the Kentucky Career Center … Continued