#Unemployment

ZUBY:

ZubyMusic

"I was just doing my job" is the excuse for a lot of evil.If your job requires you to do evil (or turn a blind eye to it) then quit

Bharat Ramamurti

BharatRamamurti

NEW with @owenslindsay1: We're heading towards a wage apocalypse unless Congress intervenes. Our proposal builds on the unemployment insurance boost to:Raise wages by $320/week for millionsIncrease economic growthCreate half a

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

Another 1.0 million people applied for UI last week, including 712,000 people who applied for regular state UI and 289,000 who applied for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). 1/ After two

Ubuntubethu

simply_mbo

#ThingsNotToSayToTheUnemployed unemployment is a Pathway to employment just don't stop applying

Josh Bivens

joshbivens_DC

On March 6 of this year the BLS released the jobs day data for February. It was a good month – strong job growth, decent wage growth, just all-around solid

DrDinD 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

DrDinD

Ok, have to get this off my chest. Imho Pelosi and the dems worked to get some stimulus out to the American people against McConnell and a senate GOp who

Ben Casselman

bencasselman

The recovery is slowing. The virus is surging. And economists say that if a Congress doesn’t act by the end of the year, it could lead to economic damage that

Mark Paul

MarkVinPaul

There's no question that Congress needs to pass a major stimulus bill. But how big should it be? Well, @adamshersh & I answer that in a new @Groundwork paper. We

Diane Swonk

DianeSwonk

Note to Senate: the Cares Act lapsed at end of July. Data on saving shows the families that needed helps liquidated what they saved from UI supplements and stimulus checks

Thom Hartmann

Thom_Hartmann

1/ America is confronting a crisis like we haven’t seen since 1930, and, just as happened during the Republican Great Depression (yes, that’s what they called it in the 1930s),

Shannon Carey

scmaestra

How many of your high schools have a "community service" requirement? I am here to raise a warning flag about this based on some long-time thoughts I've had and triggered

Garrett Herrin

GarrettHerrin

Senate will return from recess on February 22.Rent is due 7 days later.It will take 7 days from Biden’s signature to the first direct deposit. If it passes by February

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

Another 1.3 million people applied for UI last week, including 853,000 people who applied for regular state UI and 428,000 who applied for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). 1/ https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf The

Anna Stansbury

annastansbury

CBO forecasts are out.Some early reports have suggested the CBO forecast revisions are cause for optimism. Not so fast!My key takeaway: Forecasts have been upgraded from a *catastrophically* slow recovery

Rep. Lauren Underwood

RepUnderwood

Today, millions of Americans are facing the difficult reality of losing their unemployment insurance because the President refuses to sign the bipartisan COVID-19 relief bill passed by both chambers of

Jonas Bordo

jonasbordo

A slow moving crisis is happening, folks. 12 million #renters will owe an average of $5,850 in back rent and utilities by the end of the year. This is the

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