usatoday.com - 4/10/2009
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But like many Americans, Athy was denied. Athy, of Kalispell, Mont., was told by state workers that he was not at his job long enough to collect benefits. He has applied for jobs all over town — where the unemployment rate is in the double digits — without any luck. Now, he's trying to do what ...
finance.yahoo.com - 4/5/2009
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finance.yahoo.com —
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the coming weeks and
months, hundreds of thousands of jobless Americans will exhaust...
their unemployment benefits, just when it's never been harder to find a job. Congress extended unemployment aid twice last year, allowing ...
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Recession outlasts even extended jobless benefits - ...
marketnewslive.blogspot.com - 4/8/2009
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marketnewslive.blogspot.com —
04/07/09 Unemployment benefits are going to end in
a few weeks for those without a job for...
the past year even as finding new employment becomes increasingly difficult.
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Video: Unemployment Benefits to End for Some
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Washington State Jobless Benefits
Sound Politics —
Washington State Jobless Benefits Today's USA Today has an article comparing jobless benefits by state. The print edition of the article includes a table giving average weekly benefits, total weeks of benefits and percentage of jobless receiving benefits, by state. (The online edition has the same information, but in a map where you have to mouse over each state. The data comes from a ...
Gratitude amidst the flying tea bags
Preemptive Karma —
... which in it's infinite wisdom knows whom among us deserves to get a huge raise and who deserves to be laid off. Surely some of the $91,573 Tillerson is paid for his car and personal driver will... trickle down to those of us so utterly unworthy of such bounty. Right? Kinda makes you wanna join the GOP and toss a few tea bags too, huh? I mean, imagine how much greater the divine justice would be if in addition to losing your job you also lost key benefits like... oh, I dunno... unemployment benefits ? Heck, your kids don't really NEED to eat, do they? Posted by Kevin at April ...
Getting Unemployment Benefits To All Who Need Them
Wonk Room —
... One step would be to address the pervasion of overly restrictive eligibility requirements for receiving unemployment benefits. As USA Today reported: ...
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