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October 21, 2010
New Video: Fight for the Jobless
In a new video, unemployed workers tell their own stories and describe how they've joined together to advocate for benefits for all jobless Americans through Unemployedworkers.orgread more »
October 20, 2010
Jobless Benefits Causing High Unemployment? Try Again, Ivory Tower
NELP responds to ivory tower theories that jobless benefits are the cause of today’s sky-high unemployment rate.read more »
October 19, 2010
Video - Confronting the Cut Off of Jobless Benefits
UnemployedWorkers.org video - Americans thrown out of work confront the distortions of those in favor of ending the lifeline of federal jobless benefits on November 30th.read more »
October 18, 2010
Unemployment Campaign Launch Gets Boost from Blogs
Just as we at UnemployedWorkers.org are not waiting until after the elections to launch the drive to press Congress to continue the federal unemployment benefits program, leading online blogs are not waiting for the traditional media to pick up the story.read more »
October 12, 2010
Our Campaign to Continue Benefits
Federal jobless benefits -the lifeline for millions of U.S. workers hardest hit by the recession - are set to expire again if Congress doesn’t reauthorize the program by November 30th, just after Thanksgiving. To make matters worse, this time Congress is only doing the people’s business for a few days before the deadline hits, which leaves a narrow window for both the Senate and House to take up the critical extension legislation.read more »
October 11, 2010
99 Weeks of UI Benefits and Still Unemployed – Americans Want to Work
Millions of Americans like have been out of work for two years or more, unable to get their foot in a door in a stalled job market. We need to continue the fight in many ways to make sure that this growing group or hard hit Americans is not laid off and left out.read more »
