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New unemployment claims rose last week to 1.4M, ending months of declines

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The Department of Labor data will likely fuel the urgency in Washington to quickly extend enhanced federal pandemic unemployment benefits. Unemployment claims rose to 1.4 million last week, up about 100,000 from the week before, the Labor Department reported, ending 15 weeks of consecutive declines in new applications. An additional 975,000 people applied for aid …

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A gap in federal unemployment benefits is now unavoidable. Here’s why.

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State offices will need weeks to reprogram their systems to account for an extension of the $600 weekly federal payments that expire on Saturday. Tens of millions of laid-off American workers will go weeks without federal jobless aid — because Congress hasn’t renewed the benefits in time for overwhelmed state unemployment systems to adjust their …

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Maine AFL-CIO Calls on Senate to Extend $600 Lifeline to Unemployed Workers

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Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of those stories every day. Here’s today’s story. The Maine AFL-CIO, led by President Cynthia Phinney (IBEW), is publicly pushing its senators to …

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$600 weekly jobless benefit will likely lapse before more aid is passed

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Laid off workers would see a lapse in the additional benefits — reducing their weekly income by more than two-thirds in many states. Congress will likely allow the $600-a-week boost in unemployment benefits to expire at the end of this month if lawmakers follow Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s proposed timeline for the next round …

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Women, minorities disproportionately reliant on jobless aid, data shows

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“It is not a stretch to say this policy choice is also a racial justice policy choice,” the Economic Policy Institute’s Heidi Shierholz said. Women and racial minorities are disproportionately reliant on unemployment insurance, economic data shows, leaving them most vulnerable if Congress decides not to renew the expanded benefits that are set to expire …

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Striking Out with Unemployment Benefits: Minor League Baseball (MLB) Players Hurdle to Collect Unemployment Insurance Benefits

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MLB and its players have begun discussing a way to restart the 2020 season following the COVID-19 delay. During this process, more than 1,000 players have been released from their contracts and have become free agents according to Forbes, while others are facing uncertainty on if they will also be released from their contracts or …

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‘It’s all backwards-looking’: June’s positive jobs data obscures a grimmer reality

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Thursday’s jobless data failed to capture the latest devastation, economists say. Thursday’s monthly jobs numbers look great on paper: 4.8 million jobs were added in June as states reopened. But those numbers are a deceiving bump — with the resurgence of the virus and a fresh wave of shutdowns, the reality of the job market is …

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Economy Gains 4.8 Million Jobs in June; Unemployment Declines to 11.1%

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The U.S. economy gained 4.8 million jobs in June, and the unemployment rate declined to 11.1%, according to figures released Thursday morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The improvements reflect the continued resumption of economic activity that previously was curtailed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month’s biggest job gains were in leisure and hospitality (+2.1 million), retail trade (740,000), …

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Labor Secretary Scalia Wrongly Rejects Federal Role in Enforcing Unemployment Rights of Workers Who Refuse Unsafe Work

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The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the structural challenges that have plagued the nation’s unemployment insurance (UI) system for decades. Reduced federal funding starved the program of the resources needed to upgrade its antiquated IT infrastructure, causing state systems to slow to a crawl and crash amid the unprecedented volume of claims over the last …

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These Workers Don’t Get Aid and Are Going Hungry. A Tax on New York Billionaires Could Help Them.

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Coronavirus cases continue to climb across the Southern and Western United States. In New York, previously the nation’s epicenter, many of the residents reeling from the economic consequences are excluded from any government assistance. Clara Cortes lives in Long Island with her family. Both she and her husband tested positive for the virus, and while …

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New unemployment claims rose last week to 1.4M, ending months of declines

A gap in federal unemployment benefits is now unavoidable. Here’s why.

Maine AFL-CIO Calls on Senate to Extend $600 Lifeline to Unemployed Workers

$600 weekly jobless benefit will likely lapse before more aid is passed

Women, minorities disproportionately reliant on jobless aid, data shows

Striking Out with Unemployment Benefits: Minor League Baseball (MLB) Players Hurdle to Collect Unemployment Insurance Benefits

‘It’s all backwards-looking’: June’s positive jobs data obscures a grimmer reality

Economy Gains 4.8 Million Jobs in June; Unemployment Declines to 11.1%

Labor Secretary Scalia Wrongly Rejects Federal Role in Enforcing Unemployment Rights of Workers Who Refuse Unsafe Work

These Workers Don’t Get Aid and Are Going Hungry. A Tax on New York Billionaires Could Help Them.

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