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Unemployment Extension: US Jobless Cry Out “Hire Us, America!”

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In another article, we wrote about the 21-step emergency action plan to address the weak job market proposed by the Union of Unemployed, a.k.a. UCubed. UCubed’s plan called for, among others, extension of unemployment insurance benefits, the enactment of a Tier 5 unemployment extension bill and the extension of COBRA benefits and → Read More

Unemployment Extension Tier 5: A Solution For Reversing the US Jobs Crisis

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Tier 5 unemployment extension to combat the current jobs crisis. The Union of Unemployed, a web-based community service of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), recently posted what it calls a 21-step emergency action  plan for reversing the jobs crisis.

One of the solutions it suggested is to add → Read More

Expire the Bush Tax Cuts

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Everyone is talking about the Bush tax cuts and whether or not to let them expire at the end of the year. The Bush tax cuts, implemented in 2001 and again in 2003, were designed expire in 2011, and the countdown has now begun.

Republicans and some Democrats alike claim that allowing → Read More

Special Report for ’99ers Waiting on Tier 5 Unemployment Extension: Landing A Job

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Landing A Job May Be Easier Than You Think Robert Hall, a prominent Stanford economist, was recently interviewed on the subject of the recession — and his words hold significant promise for the many ’99ers who believe that their best hope is a Tier 5 unemployment extension.  He provided some profound insights → Read More

Unemployment Extension 2010 Benefit Payments – Where Are They?

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In this update we scanned the websites of agencies implementing the unemployment extension 2010 bill at the state level for the following states: Wisconsin, Alaska, Arkansas, Montana, Utah, Maryland, Virginia and Louisiana.

WISCONSIN (http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/ui/ )

From Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development, updated on July 27:

“The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) → Read More

Unemployment Extension 2010: When Are the Checks Coming In, Part 2

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Update July 29th – Unemployment Extension 2010 Benefit Payments – Where Are They?

In continuation to our earlier article on scheduled releases of  unemployment insurance checks under the unemployment extension 2010 bill, we are tracking the latest information at the state level.

Here are the following updates we got from the → Read More