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Category: Unemployment

May 3, 2022May 3, 2022 PUP

PUP traveled again to Harrisburg to demand adequate staffing for the UC

Issues, Unemployment
PUP traveled again to Harrisburg to demand adequate staffing for the UC
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May 2, 2022December 21, 2022 admin

ARE YOUR UNEMPLOYMENT PAYMENTS DELAYED? Fill out this form

Unemployment
ARE YOUR UNEMPLOYMENT PAYMENTS DELAYED? Fill out this form

We will forward the information you sent us to the PA Department of Labor & Industry for them to look into your case. We will contact…

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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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March 16, 2022April 7, 2022 PUP

PUP in Action, Plus NELP Policy Brief- Unemployment Comp as a Racial Justice Issue

Issues, Unemployment
PUP in Action, Plus NELP Policy Brief- Unemployment Comp as a Racial Justice Issue

Senator Street and laid off workers speaking out on the need for a working unemployment compensation system outside Senate Appropriations Committee hearings on March 16…

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February 15, 2022March 10, 2022 PUP

Media coverage of PUP’s organizing the unemployed during the pandemic

Issues, Unemployment
Media coverage of PUP’s organizing the unemployed during the pandemic

Links to media coverage of PUP during the pandemic beginning on March 2020: Frustrated Pennsylvanians Still Waiting For Pandemic-Related Unemployment Payments (YouTube) Unemployed Pennsylvanians demand…

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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 23, 2021February 15, 2022 PUP

PUP joined IATSE Local 8 and Philadelphia AFL-CIO for a Rally to extend unemployment benefits

Unemployment
PUP joined IATSE Local 8 and Philadelphia  AFL-CIO  for a Rally to extend unemployment benefits

Nearly 500,000 PA Workers Will Lose Unemployment Benefits on September 5 All federal unemployment benefits are scheduled to end on September 5, 2021. 490,460 PA…

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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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