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Anger Rises Among Unemployed Over Govs Who Want To Reject Stimulus Funds

New York Times | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, Unemployed, Unemployment, Bobby Jindal, Stimulus Funds, Unemployment Benefits, Phil Bredesen, Rick Perry, Politics News

As governors in nine states, mostly in the South, consider rejecting millions of dollars in federal stimulus money for increased unemployment insuranc...

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Nearly 5 Million Getting Unemployment Benefits

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 03.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Jobs, Unemployment, Economy, Unemployment Benefits, Business News

WASHINGTON — February is shaping up to be another brutal month of job losses: The number of laid-off workers receiving unemployment benefits hit...

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The Stimulus Package: Why Not More Low Income Jobs?

James Adler | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Job Creation, Economic Crisis, Welfare, Infrastructer Projects; Politics News, Unemployment Benefits, Stimulus, LowIncome Workers, Politics News
James Adler

It is clear our nation needs the stimulus package. But will it create sufficient jobs for persons on the lowest rungs of the job ladder?

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Employers Move To Block Unemployment Benefits In Record Numbers

Washington Post | Peter Whoriskey | Posted 03.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Jobs, Unemployment Benefits, Job Cuts, Unemployment, Employers, Business News

It's hard enough to lose a job. But for a growing proportion of U.S. workers, the troubles really set in when they apply for unemployment benefits. ...

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A Novel Approach: Using Unemployment Benefits as a Means for Stimulus

Gary Ross | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Job Losses, Vouchers, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Celebrities Talk Politics, Stimulus Package, Economic Crisis, Unemployment Benefits, Job Creation, Stimulus, Politics News
Gary Ross

Why not allow recently laid off workers to apply their unemployment benefits toward their next job in the form of a voucher?

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Record Number Of Americans Receiving Jobless Benefits

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 03.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment Numbers, Recession, Unemployment Benefits, Business News

WASHINGTON — Week by week, the numbers that measure the economy get worse, heading toward uncharted territory. The Labor Department released fi...

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Making Momma Happy -- What Obama Can Do for Women

Martha Burk | Posted 02.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Abstinence, Working Women, Unemployment Benefits, Women, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay, President Obama, Living News
Martha Burk

President-elect Obama said last week that "when Momma's happy, everybody's happy." But let's hope he means it for all of America's "mommas" -- the women who elected him.

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Obama's Inbox on Women and Work: Welfare, Job Equity, and Education

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women, Welfare, Education, Unemployment, Economy, Working Families, Barack Obama, Recession, Gender, Job Losses, Labor Reform, TANF Program, Labor Department, Peter Edelman, Paid Family Leave, Infrastructure, Green Infrastructure, Unemployment Benefits, Bill Clinton Welfare Reform, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

Although the recession is hitting men's employment more directly, overall women's employment rates in the 2000s have fallen more, and progress toward gender equality has stalled.

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An Open Letter to Obama: Getting Real on the Economy

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Infrastructure, Energy Efficiency, Green Infrastructure, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Infraenergy Efficient Schools, Economy, Economic Crisis, Crumbling Infrastructure, Unemployment Benefits, Climate Change, Universal Health Care, Obama Economy, Obama Health Care, Health Care, President Obama, Obama Administration, Barack Obama Environmental Policy, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Sarah van Gelder

Mr. President-elect, the potential catastrophe of run-away climate meltdown could make the economic melt down look minor by comparison.

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American Workers Need Congress and the President to Act Fast to Expand Emergency Unemployment Benefits

Christine L. Owens | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: National Employment Law Project, Unemployment, Bailout, Economy, Congressional Bailout, Emergency Benefits, Economic Crisis, Unemployment Benefits, Emergency Financial Relief, Politics News
Christine L. Owens

For these workers and their families, economic catastrophe is not a vague threat of what may happen if Congress fails to act. The economic crisis is real, upfront and personal.

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John McCain: No Friend of the American Worker

James P. Hoffa | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, John McCain, Social Security, Workers, Writers Guild of America Strike, Unfair Trade, Housing Crisis, Financial Crises, Whining, Teamsters Union, Minimum Wage, Middle-Class, Jay Leno, Phil Gramm, James Hoffa, Unemployment Benefits, Overtime, Politics News
James P. Hoffa

This is the same John McCain who's been kicking the crap out of American workers for the last 26 years. He voted to cut overtime. He voted against extending unemployment benefits.

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The White House's Lame Excuses For Rejecting a Badly-Needed Extension of Unemployment Benefits

Ross Eisenbrey | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Job Market, Unemployed, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Economy, Unemployment Benefits, Jobs, US Job Market, Epi, Business News
Ross Eisenbrey

Of course Americans need jobs, but in the meantime, those who can't find them need unemployment insurance.

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Punishing Workers Who Must Work Part-Time

Beth Shulman | Posted 06.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Job Market, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Unemployment Rate, Working Mothers, Work, Job Layoffs, Working Women, Unemployment Benefits, Jobs, Business News
Beth Shulman

As the economy worsens, more and more workers will have to take part-time jobs, exposing the urgent need to reform these positions.

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Jobless Claims Highest Since Sept. 2005

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 04.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Credit Crisis, Unemployment Benefits, Labor Department, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Financial Crisis, Business News

WASHINGTON — The number of new people signing up for unemployment benefits last week shot up to the highest level in more than two years, fresh ...

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Jobless Claims Rose Last Week

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Labor Market, Labor Department, Unemployment, Weak Economy, Economic Slowdown, Unemployment Benefits, Jobless Benefits, Recession, Payroll JObs, Business News

WASHINGTON — The number of newly laid off workers filing for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level in nearly two months, pro...

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