New Jobless Claims Fall Unexpectedly
WASHINGTON — The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits dropped unexpectedly last week, a sign the job market ...
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Unemployment Programs In 40 States About To Go Broke
Washington Post | Peter Whoriskey | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics
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The recession's jobless toll is draining unemployment-compensation funds so fast that according to federal projections, 40 state programs will go brok...
COBRA Help For Laid-Off Workers May Come By Christmas
McClatchy | Jenny Gold | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Laid-off workers may soon get a reprieve from one of their worries: health insurance. A proposal to extend the health insurance subsid...
California Unemployment Falls Slightly In November
AP | Posted 12.18.2009 | Los Angeles
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's unemployment rate fell slightly in November – down to 12.3 percent from 12.5 percent a month earlier, th...
New Jobless Claims Up Again As Market Suffers From 'Fits And Starts'
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER and TALI ARBEL | Posted 12.17.2009 | Business
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WASHINGTON — A report on unemployment claims and a forecast of U.S. economic activity pointed Thursday to an economy mending slowly, without the...
Unemployment Benefits Extension Passed By House, Senate May Follow On Friday
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics
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The House of Representatives passed a temporary extension of unemployment benefits and subsidized health insurance for laid-off workers on Wednesday a...
Losing Health Care: Families on the Brink
Rep. Joe Sestak | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics
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Hundreds of Americans from all across the country have contacted my office because they cannot afford the expense of COBRA. No one should have to go without health care.
Text Message Scam Targets Unemployed
AP | Posted 12.10.2009 | Technology
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Authorities say a text message scam is targeting Ohioans who receive unemployment benefits. Attorney General Richard Cordray s...
Aging Computer System Holds Up Unemployment Checks To 117,000 Californians
latimes.com | Tiffany Hsu | Posted 12.09.2009 | Los Angeles
An estimated 117,000 Californians haven't received their unemployment checks -- some for more than a month -- because of what state officials blame on...
State Unemployment Commissioners Implore Congress To Reauthorize Benefits Extensions
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics
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Labor commissioners and unemployment-agency officials from several states joined a coalition of labor and advocacy groups Monday to implore Congress t...
Former Employers More Likely To Allege Misconduct By Laid-Off Workers Than In Past Recessions
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 12.03.2009 | Business
Laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits today are almost twice as likely as their counterparts during the recession of the 1980s to be accused ...
New Jobless Claims Fall For The Fifth Straight Week, Claims Hit 457K
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 12.03.2009 | Business
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WASHINGTON — The tally of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell unexpectedly for the fifth straight week, a hopeful sign tha...
Unemployment Benefits Extension: $100 Billion Safety Net In The Works
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 12.01.2009 | Business
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WASHINGTON — As unemployment spikes, the cost of compassion is going up too. By as much as $100 billion....
Paul Krugman: It's Time For An Emergency Jobs Program
New York Times | PAUL KRUGMAN | Posted 11.30.2009 | Business
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So it's time for an emergency jobs program. How is a jobs program different from a second stimulus? It's a matter of priorities. The 2009 Obama sti...
Navigating the Jobs Crisis: Direct Job Creation - Lessons from Argentina
Pavlina R. Tcherneva | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business
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If the U.S. government creates a permanent, voluntary public employment program that offers a living-wage job to anyone willing and able to work in a public service project, unemployment will be addressed directly.
Economists Predict Job Losses Will Stop In Early 2010
AP | EMILY FREDRIX | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business
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Economists expect the joblessness that has weighed down the nation's economic recovery will start to slowly abate in 2010, but they predict consumers ...
New Poll Measures The Hardship Of Layoffs: 52% Were Surprised By Job Loss
ABC News | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business
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When the pink slip comes, trouble follows -- financial, but emotional as well. Three in 10 Americans in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll sa...
Mother Sues Indiana Social Services For Cutting Off Daughters' Medicaid
Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business
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As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. A family in Indianapolis,...
One Million Will Lose Unemployment Benefits In January Unless Congress Acts
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business
One million people will stop receiving unemployment benefits in January unless Congress makes a move before the Christmas recess, according to an anal...
Pelosi Shifts Focus To Unemployment After Push For Health Care Bill
The Hill | Mike Soraghan | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics
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House Democratic leaders, worried they've appeared unresponsive to rising unemployment because they were absorbed by healthcare, are aiming for a legi...
Unemployment Solution: Pay People to Work Shorter Hours
Dean Baker | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business
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Imagine if workers in the US, like workers in Germany, were dealing with the recession by putting in four-day weeks (while getting paid for five) or getting an extra two weeks of paid vacation. This sure beats being unemployed.
How The Government Is Swallowing The Economy: U.S. News
usnews.com | Rick Newman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business
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You know about the bailouts, the stimulus plan, cash for clunkers, and moola for mansions. But for all the anxiety they've caused, those government gi...
GOP Folds On Unemployment Benefits Fight: 14-Week Extension Passes
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics
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The GOP called for the check Wednesday night, having had enough of the fight over an extension of unemployment benefits that the party had held up for...
Single Father Turned Away From Homeless Shelters
The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business
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As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. Attila Streyar and his t...
Don't Let COBRA Benefits Run Out on American Families
Rep. Joe Sestak | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics
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Losing health care along with one's job is something Americans should not have to cope with at this difficult time. So I have introduced the Extended COBRA Continuation Protection Act of 2009.
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