#UnEmployment

not a demon

lookitstaylorrr

Shaming people for being on unemployment? in the middle of a pandemic? at your big age??????? Instead berating people for taking advantage of government benefits IN THE MIDDLE OF A

Hunger Free America

HungerFreeUSA

The Trump Administration is STILL trying to take SNAP benefits away from unemployed individuals: https://www.hungerfreeamerica.org/blog/trump-administration-still-pushing-court-take-food-away-unemployed "It is simply astonishing that, at a time

Jonnelle Marte

Jonnelle

Another 1.3 million people filed for unemployment benefits during the week ending July 11, adding to the tens of millions of jobless Americans receiving unemployment benefits during the pandemic:https://reut.rs/2WqeIV6 A

Tamara Lush

TamaraLush

Folx, we've given up on the unemployment website. We have moved on to the "RAPaperApplication," the paper application. Some early observations: The information requested on the paper application is different

Robᵉʳᵗ Graham😷, provocateur

ErrataRob

1/ I'm seeing a lot of twitter outrage today over market going up in response to massive unemployment increases. I can't tell if people are actually serious about this, or

Thomas-Ryan Lawakua Cleek

LawakuaKamahele

I was arguing with this bigot about how going back to tourism isn't going to solve the problems we have now and he just couldn't wrap his head around it.

Kentucky Education & Workforce Development Cabinet

KyEdWorkforce

Last week, in-person unemployment insurance services were provided in Frankfort for KYians. Over 2,300 Kentuckians received assistance from a member of the OUI team. Individuals who were in line on

George Chidi

neonflag

I was on a teleconference this morning with Mark Butler, commissioner of the Department of Labor. He was asked about the solvency of the unemployment trust fund. "We're good," he

Amir Sufi

profsufi

Important, policy-relevant research released by JPM Institute today on the importance of of unemployment benefits in stimulating aggregate demand. Especially the $600 supplement:https://institute.jpmorganchase.com/institute/research/labor-m

Patrick Anderson

PatrickAnderso_

A look at the emerging long-term plans for dealing with COVID-19 and the testing-surveillance apparatus being contemplatedhttps://www.vox.com/2020/4/10/21215494/coronavirus-plans-social-distancing-economy-recession-depression-unemployment?utm_campaig

Jason Tartick

Jason_Tartick

Last week 4.4 million filed for unemployment, down from 5.2 million the prior week. For a massive total of 26 million filings since mid March. That’s around 16% of the

Seun Smith

seunsmith

Lots of perspectives on the economy. In 2015, we came to the end of a 15 year long, crude oil fueled, consumption driven growth model. That was fun while it

David Sligar

DavidSligar

only around 28% of unemployed people in australia receive any unemployment benefit.this seems to be the elephant in the room in policy discourse on income support and unemployment.https://aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Department

James Altucher

jaltucher

6.6 million newly unemployed. 10 million unemployed now since lockdowns began. Some thoughts: (1/ ) - During the Great Recession, unemployment reached 15 million. We aren't there yet but we'll

José Javier Rodríguez

JoseJavierJJR

If Gov. DeSantis says he ‘can’t’ increase unemployment weeks or benefits, the reality is he CAN but WON’T. (see section 252.36(5)(a) in statute and section 4 in Order 20-52) 1/6 Benefit

Diamandi Devereaux

DiamandiD

Sharing a story in hopes that someone who reads it can help me. I filed for unemployment in NJ in March and have not been paid yet. The rest of