Friday, October 16, 2009

Thousands Losing Unemployment Benefits Daily

According to an analysis from the National Employment Law Project, 400,000 workers exhausted their federally-funded jobless benefits in September and another 200,000 will do so by the end of this month, resulting in an average of 7,000 workers a day seeing their benefits end. By year’s end, 1.3 million workers will exhaust their jobless benefits, reflecting today’s record rates of long-term unemployment.

Click on the following:  NELP: Thousands Losing Unemployment Benefits Daily | Progress Illinois

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