Philadelphia Magazine – December Issue 30 Great Philly Nonprofits to Give to This Year The pandemic reinforced just how powerful the simple act of giving…
Category: Issues
PUP’s focus on addressing the needs of the poor extends beyond finding jobs. There is a significant need in Philadelphia for commuter options for Philadelphians without access to a personal vehicle who work in outlying suburban locations. For those workers, PUP is involved in organizing vanpools.
The housing crisis continues for many middle and low-income families and PUP has been instrumental in helping families keep their homes.
The underlying cause of poverty, homelessness, limited access to high-quality health care is the lack of good jobs. That is why PUP is involved in the fight to raise the minimum wage in Pennsylvania.
Rally November 15th 2021 at the CareerLink to demand that UC benefits be paid! Videos and pictures
Release Our Benefits Rally! Channel 10 evening news coverage of Monday’s rally for unemployment benefits
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Opens October 18 + Down Payment Assistance Program opens October 11
The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) will accept applications from October 18, 2021 to May…
Our Victories through Organizing the Unemployed during the Pandemic
PUP has organized around several key demands that have been won to protect families impacted by unemployment during pandemic. 1. Our main demands came together…
PUP activists featured in the NY Times and in the Business Insider
PUP continues to be a voice and symbol for the unemployed during the current recession. PUP activists were featured in the New York Times article…
PUP joined IATSE Local 8 and Philadelphia AFL-CIO for a Rally to extend unemployment benefits
Nearly 500,000 PA Workers Will Lose Unemployment Benefits on September 5 All federal unemployment benefits are scheduled to end on September 5, 2021. 490,460 PA…
Fix the holdup in jobless benefits
“Well, either bring on the staff necessary to complete this manual review — quickly — or grant jobless benefits on an interim basis until the…
UPDATE: Pennsylvania to resolve cases of unemployment benefits cut off without notice – KYW – Declaring victory
PA Department of Labor and Industry has agreed to resolve all 275 Java cases that PUP and CLS have forwarded to them within three weeks.…
Hundreds in Philly illegally had unemployment cut off without notice, advocates say
KYW story on illegal denial of UC Benefits with PUP board vice chair Jackie Chapman photo By Pat Loeb, KYW Newsradio July 20,2021 PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — At…
Rally Tuesday, July 20- 11 AM. (US Department of Labor Regional offices. 1835 Market St. , Philadelphia, PA)
Thousands of Pennsylvania workers have had their unemployment benefits stopped illegally without notice or ability to appeal the stoppage. A Supreme Court decision called Java…