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Author: PUP

August 3, 2020August 11, 2020 PUP

Check out Pennsylvanians worry how they’ll pay bills as $600 in pandemic unemployment assistance expires

Recession, Unemployment
Check out Pennsylvanians worry how they’ll pay bills as $600 in pandemic unemployment assistance expires

PUP activist Andrew Washington is featured in a front page story In the Inquirer on Saturday regarding the cut off of Pandemic Unemployment Compensation. Over…

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July 28, 2020August 18, 2020 PUP

Unemployed Philadelphians urge Congress to extend federal compensation

Recession, Unemployment
Unemployed Philadelphians urge Congress to extend federal compensation

Thanks to all who took part in the Virtual Rally to Save Pandemic Unemployment Compensation. Over 100 mostly unemployed workers were on the call! KYW…

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July 21, 2020August 4, 2020 PUP

Virtual Rally to Save Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Wed. July 22, 2pm

Recession, Unemployment
Virtual Rally to Save Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Wed. July 22, 2pm

“A replay of the live Protect Pandemic Unemployment: Virtual Rally can be seen at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3OSdbX-FbM” The $600/weekly Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (PUC) has been a life…

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July 16, 2020July 21, 2020 PUP

The Unemployment Organizing Committee and Philadelphia Unemployment Project call for the immediate resignation of PA Labor Secretary Jerry Oleksiak!

Recession, Unemployment

Out of work Pennsylvanians call for resignation of PA Labor Secretary Jerry Oleksiak, citing late and missing benefit payments, jammed phone lines, and ignored pleas…

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July 1, 2020July 16, 2020 PUP

Senator Toomey, Senator Casey: Don’t Cut Off Our Unemployment Benefits in the Middle of a Pandemic!

Recession, Unemployment
Senator Toomey, Senator Casey: Don’t Cut Off Our Unemployment Benefits in the Middle of a Pandemic!

1. The Pandemic Unemployment Compensation benefits have been providing $600/week to out of work Americans since April. This has been the sole lifeline to millions,…

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June 23, 2020July 16, 2020 PUP

Rally coverage outside Sen. Toomey’s office demanding extension of our unemployed benefits

Recession, Unemployment
Rally coverage outside Sen. Toomey’s office demanding extension of our unemployed benefits

Thanks to all who came out to the rally at Toomey’s office on Monday.  There is an ongoing debate in Washington on keeping stimulus and…

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June 15, 2020July 16, 2020 PUP

Rally- Keep the $600 UC Boost Monday, June 22- 11:30 AM 2nd and Chesnut outside Senator Pat Toomey’s Office

Recession, Unemployment
Rally- Keep the $600 UC Boost Monday, June 22- 11:30 AM 2nd and Chesnut outside Senator Pat Toomey’s Office

FB Event Link here Wear a mask and bring a sign! CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO DONALD TRUMP AND SENATOR PAT TOOMEY: EXTEND UNEMPLOYMENT…

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June 10, 2020June 16, 2020 PUP

PUP statement to Senate Finance Committee on Unemployment Benefits

Unemployment

Below you can download the testimony from PUP directed to the Senate Finance Committee, which is holding hearings today in Washington on the issue of…

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April 24, 2020May 18, 2020 PUP

Philadelphians demand better handling of unemployment claims

Issues, Recession, Unemployment

A group representing Philadelphians who’ve lost work is calling on the state to provide more timely information about unemployment claims.  The Philadelphia Unemployment Project is…

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April 24, 2020May 18, 2020 PUP

Unprecedented job losses infuriate Pa. workers as unemployment benefits can’t keep up: ‘We are getting desperate’

Issues, Recession, Unemployment
Unprecedented job losses infuriate Pa. workers as unemployment benefits can’t keep up: ‘We are getting desperate’

More than 5.2 million Americans filed new unemployment claims last week, new federal figures showed Thursday, raising the nationwide total to 21.7 million in the four…

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  • Join the Unemployed Organizing Committee This Wednesday 1/13 @ 2pm January 13, 2021
  • NOT NEARLY ENOUGH! Town Hall Friday January 8th @ 11am for a Better Stimulus January 4, 2021
  • Here’s how some Philadelphians plan to spend the $600 stimulus check December 27, 2020
  • Exhaustion of benefits approaching December 27, 2020

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