Worker Stories
November 14, 2012
Richard Crowe of Wintersville, Ohio
Richard Crowe of Wintersville, Ohio, worked for the same steel company for 34 years, before being laid off in May of 2012 when his plant was sold to a scrapping firm. Now he's facing the loss of federal unemployment insurance at the end of December if Congress fails to renew the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program for 2013.
read more »August 2, 2012
Karen from Florida
Karen from Florida writes of her job-search struggles while a cut-off of unemployment insurance due to reductions in available benefit weeks in her state looms.
read more »January 27, 2012
Peggy from Montana
Peggy from Montana writes about being laid off last summer, and that without Congressional action to fully renew Unemployment Insurance through 2012 she'd likely lose her home.
read more »November 16, 2011
Juli from Wisconsin
Juli from Wisconsin, laid off in April 2011 when her employer relocated the business to another state after a company buyout, writes that she now faces a cut-off of unemployment insurance if Congress fails to renew the federal extensions for 2012.
read more »October 4, 2011
Terry P. from Buffalo, NY
Terry P. from Buffalo, New York, writes of the frustration of being excluded from consideration for a job due to the duration of unemployment.
read more »August 4, 2011
Al from Albertus, PA
Al from Albertus, Pennsylvania, tells of his experience with discrimination in hiring because he's unemployed.
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