The stimulus bill that was agreed to last night adds $600/week to anyone who is on unemployment compensation. It provides a 13 week extension to…
Category: Unemployment
Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay
“…53 million workers ages 18 to 64—or 44% of all workers—earn barely enough to live on. Their median earnings are $10.22 per hour, and about…
Unions Lobby in Harrisburg to fund UC centers
York Dispatch January 23, 2017 – By David Weissman The fight to provide funding to reverse layoffs in the state Department of Labor and Industry…
Busy signals, long waits might be back for Pennsylvania’s jobless
philly.com by Jane M. Von Bergen – November 14, 2016 People who advocate for the unemployed are worried that the bad old days of 2012’s…
Working & Poor: Unemployed see faint glints of hope in both candidates’ job-creation plans
Newsworks October 28th, 2016 – By Katie Colaneri Nationwide, about 43 million people live below the federal poverty line. In Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs, 800,000…
February unemployment rate 5.5%
The Philadelphia Inquirer March 7, 2015 – By Jane M. Von Bergen With the nation’s payrolls expanding by 295,000 jobs in all sectors, the U.S.…