Thanks to everyone who joined our town hall last Friday! We were grateful to be joined by Rep. Dwight Evans, Councilmember Helen Gym, and…
Category: 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…
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…
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…
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…
Lost Wages Assistance Program (LWA). An extra $300 a week!
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…