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Category: Recession

December 22, 2022December 22, 2022 PUP

Unemployment Compensation transition paper

Issues, Recession, Unemployment
Unemployment Compensation transition paper

Position paper on reforms needed in the PA unemployment system. By Sharon Dietrich Litigation Director, Community Legal Services.

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June 10, 2022June 10, 2022 PUP

Unemployed in Harrisburg again to continue to lobby the legislature for a fully staffed unemployment service

Recession, Unemployment
Unemployed in Harrisburg again to continue to lobby the legislature for a fully staffed unemployment service

Unemployed went to Harrisburg on 24th May and 8th June to continue to lobby the legislature for a fully staffed unemployment service. People told their…

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April 7, 2022April 7, 2022 PUP

PUP traveled to Harrisburg to lobby for adequate staffing for the UC

Issues, Recession, Unemployment
PUP traveled to Harrisburg to lobby for adequate staffing for the UC

Unemployed members of PUP traveled to Harrisburg yesterday to lobby for adequate staffing for the states’s broken UC system. Article: Part of Pennsylvania’s persistent Unemployment…

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December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 PUP

Meeting for homeowners on federal program to pay your back mortgage, Thursday, 12/9 at 7pm

Housing, Recession
Meeting for homeowners on federal program to pay your back mortgage, Thursday, 12/9 at 7pm

Are you struggling to pay your mortgage? Join PUP this Thursday at 7pm for an informational meeting on the Homeowners Assistance Fund, an upcoming federal…

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November 17, 2021November 22, 2021 PUP

Rally November 15th 2021 at the CareerLink to demand that UC benefits be paid! Videos and pictures

Issues, Recession, Unemployment
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

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September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 PUP

Our Victories through Organizing the Unemployed during the Pandemic

Recession, Unemployment
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…

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September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 PUP

PUP activists featured in the NY Times and in the Business Insider

Recession, Unemployment
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…

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August 3, 2021August 3, 2021 PUP

Fix the holdup in jobless benefits

Recession
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…

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July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 PUP

UPDATE: Pennsylvania to resolve cases of unemployment benefits cut off without notice – KYW – Declaring victory

Issues, Recession, Unemployment
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.…

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June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 PUP

Anxiety runs high as Pa. begins massive overhaul of 60-year-old unemployment computer system

Recession, Unemployment
Anxiety runs high as Pa. begins massive overhaul of 60-year-old unemployment computer system

HARRISBURG — “I feel like I am a sinking ship right now.” “Next month will be a year that they have been putting me through this.”…

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