May 22, 2020

California lawmakers blast ‘atrocious’ UI system overloaded with 4.9M claims

Leave a Comment / unemployment / By max cyril

SACRAMENTO — California state lawmakers unleashed their frustrations about the state’s unemployment system Thursday, demanding answers from an agency director about the problems their jobless constituents have endured trying to access the financial lifeline during the pandemic. “We’ve never heard the type of suffering people are experiencing right now,” said Assemblyman David Chiu (D-San Francisco). …

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Reopening reality check: Georgia’s jobs aren’t flooding back

Leave a Comment / unemployment / By max cyril

A month after easing lockdown restrictions, the state is still seeing a steady stream of unemployment claims, economic data shows. Georgia’s early move to start easing stay-at-home restrictions nearly a month ago has done little to stem the state’s flood of unemployment claims — illustrating how hard it is to bring jobs back while consumers …

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Essential Workers Fight for Their Lives

Leave a Comment / Essential Worker / By max cyril

At a time of record unemployment, Cintya Medina feels lucky to have a job at the Barnes & Noble warehouse in Monroe, N.J.—but she does not want a job that puts her in danger. When Medina and her coworkers learned of several confirmed Covid-19 cases at the warehouse, they organized a protest on April 7 to demand …

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California lawmakers blast ‘atrocious’ UI system overloaded with 4.9M claims

Reopening reality check: Georgia’s jobs aren’t flooding back

Essential Workers Fight for Their Lives

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