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