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 Benefits (WHYY)
- City Council effort to stop sheriffs sales
- Thousands of Pennsylvanians are still waiting for jobless benefits (Inquirer)
- Federal Jobless Aid, a Lifeline to Millions, Reaches an End – New York Times (download Word Document)
- Governors hurt their states when they cut off unemployment benefits early – Business Insider
- Fix the Holdup in Jobless Benefits (Pittsburgh Post Gazette – subscription required)
- Pennsylvania to resolve cases of unemployment benefits cut off without notice (KYW)
- Pa. begins massive overhaul of 60-year-old unemployment computer system (Spotlight PA)
- Will residents see a delay in benefits when new system goes live? (Courier Times)
- Unemployed Philadelphians call on state to ‘release the funds’ (KYW)
- Unemployed Pennsylvanians demand benefits amid growing backlog of claims (WHYY)
- ‘Answer the phone!’ becomes rallying cry of Pennsylvania’s unemployed (KYW)
- Demonstrators In Philadelphia Demanding Pennsylvania Fix Unemployment Benefits System (CBS Philly)
- Unemployed rally to demand owed benefits held in Center City (Philadelphia Tribune)
- PA Hiring 500 Customer Service Reps for Unemployment Centers (Pittsburgh Post Gazette – requires subscription)
- As thousands of unemployment claims expire, Pa. residents refile (Inquirer)
- Unemployed renters ride the uncertain tide of fluctuating aid (Inquirer)
- Pennsylvanians Continue To Report Problems With Delayed Unemployment Checks (CBS Philly)
- Here’s how some Philadelphians plan to spend the $600 stimulus check (Inquirer)
- Exhaustion of Benefits Approaching (PUP)
- Philadelphia sheriff sales postponed until September by court order (Inquirer)
- Jobless workers have spent months waiting to get paid (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Laid Off Workers Battle Outages; Jammed Phone Lines (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – requires subscription)
- Philadelphia Unemployment Project Helping Frustrated Citizens Get Unemployment Claims Processed (CBS Philly)
- Pennsylvanians worry how they’ll pay bills as unemployment assistance expires (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Stimulus aid is dead, but unemployed workers demand Congress revive compensation (KYW)
- Wells Fargo, Philly’s biggest bank, will tap federal money for homeowners in need (Inquirer)
- Record highs on Wall Street as millions of jobless people can’t pay rent (Inquirer)
- Unemployed Philadelphians urge Congress to extend federal compensation (KYW)
- Will Extra $600 Unemployment Pay During the Pandemic Be Extended? (NBC Philadelphia)
- Manifestantes urgen extensión de ayudas por desempleo (Telemundo)
- Coronavirus update: Pa. Gov. Wolf lays out reopening plans (WHYY)
- Workers infuriated as unemployment benefits can’t keep up
- One call at a time, he listens as an economic crisis unfolds because of the coronavirus. (Washington Post)
- Pa. unemployment compensation hotline overwhelmed with callers (KYW)
- Laid off workers battle outages, jammed phone lines (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- NBC 10 Interview with PUP Director John Dodds
- 50,000 unemployment claims in Pa. over last 2 days (May 17, 2020 – The Daily Item)
