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Category: Unemployment

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 PUP

Join the Unemployed Organizing Committee This Wednesday 1/13 @ 2pm

Recession, Unemployment
Join the Unemployed Organizing Committee This Wednesday 1/13 @ 2pm

  Thanks to everyone who joined our town hall last Friday! We were grateful to be joined by Rep. Dwight Evans, Councilmember Helen Gym, and…

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January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 PUP

NOT NEARLY ENOUGH! Town Hall Friday January 8th @ 11am for a Better Stimulus

Recession, Unemployment
NOT NEARLY ENOUGH! Town Hall Friday January 8th @ 11am for a Better Stimulus

The new COVID release stimulus passed by Congress completely fails to address the needs of millions of unemployed workers. We demand a better, more robust…

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December 16, 2020December 17, 2020 PUP

Jobless wait months for benefits

Recession, Unemployment
Jobless wait months for benefits

¨Ted Kelly, an organizer with the Philadelphia Unemployment Project, an advocacy group that organizes unemployed workers, said people who have called his organization for help are…

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November 20, 2020November 23, 2020 PUP

We need an Unemployed Rescue Package

Unemployment
We need an Unemployed Rescue Package

Millions of unemployed will soon run out of unemployment benefits as CARES Act funding comes to an end on December 31. Gig workers and self…

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September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 admin

PUP featured in this important Will Bunch article.

Recession, Unemployment
PUP featured in this important Will Bunch article.

America’s real hoax: Record highs on Wall Street as millions of jobless people can’t pay rent | Will Bunch The Philadelphia Inquirer September 3, 2020…

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September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 admin

Lost Wages Assistance Program (LWA). An extra $300 a week!

Recession, Unemployment

Pennsylvania has been approved to pay an extra $300/week in disaster-assistance benefits as part of the Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) Program from the Federal Emergency…

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August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 PUP

Stimulus aid is dead, but unemployed workers demand Congress revive compensation

Recession, Unemployment
Stimulus aid is dead, but unemployed workers demand Congress revive compensation

A lone bagpiper and pallbearers led dozens of sign-carrying protesters with an empty coffin in a mock funeral procession outside City Hall Thursday. PHILADELPHIA (KYW…

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August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 PUP

Philadelphia Unemployment Project Helping Frustrated Citizens Get Unemployment Claims Processed

Recession, Unemployment
Philadelphia Unemployment Project Helping Frustrated Citizens Get Unemployment Claims Processed

TV news clip and article TV on Channel 3 HERE By Trang Do August 6, 2020 at 6:17 pm PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — While millions wait on Congress…

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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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  • 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
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