#UnEmployment

James O'Leary

jpohhhh

Today in annals of inane BS, JP Morgan forecasts US unemployment rising to nearly 8.5%.The US unemployment rate was 3.5%, or 5.8 million people, in February 2020. 9.8 million people

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

NEW. 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week. That figure smashes the record breaking numbers from the week before (3.3 million).In other words, 3% of the US population

Tara Siegel Bernard

tarasbernard

Quick update on unemployment benefits and which payments are going out now, according to the Labor Dept.: 44 states have started paying federal pandemic unemployment comp, a.k.a. the extra $600/week.

Kristen Mosbrucker

k_mosbrucker

Nice big drop in new #unemployment claims in #Louisiana y'all And existing #unemployment claims dropped too. #Louisiana Again top industry for new #unemployment claims is unclassified which probably means, 'We're

Lindsey Graham

LindseyGrahamSC

When it comes to problems associated with mass unemployment, I fear the worst is yet to come.Millions of Americans are out of work through no fault of their own. I

Rep. Don Beyer

RepDonBeyer

1.1 million workers in Florida will lose two thirds of their weekly income at the beginning of August unless Mitch McConnell allows the Senate to pass an unemployment extension in

furby mother

bassbunnii

if you make less than roughly $65,000 a year you potentially could make MORE money a week by filing for unemployment right now than you would make actually working.. can

Candice Rizzo

CandiceRizzo

So, I have an update for you. My unemployment has totally gone through however the way Missouri's unemployment is set up I can't figure it out when it should be

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minnebri

I get paid $439.88 as an essential worker in Healthcare. I get paid weekly so when I hear the government giving the newly unemployed workers $600+ on average 45% of

Karma is here!

ArrogantNBlack

Since some of you NEED to believe in white supremacy savior magic, let’s dispel this myth about trump and the Black unemployment rate. The most dramatic drop in black unemployment

Betsey Stevenson

BetseyStevenson

Another 4.4 million people filed for unemployment insurance last week, bringing the total to 24 million. We are helping people pay the bills through the unemployment system, this doesn't mean

Bob Hazen WESH

HazenWESH

NEW: I found data showing that the #unemployment trust fund balances in EVERY state in the U.S. dropped from 4/1-4/16, EXCEPT in #Florida, where the fund actually took in more

Karl Handscomb

karlhandscomb

Just a bit more context on these figures. If these 950,000 new claims are flows into unemployment then that means UK unemployment has risen by about 71% in a fortnight.

Dirk Schwenk (Esq) 🎵

DirkSchwenk

BREAKING: Atomic clusterfux. MoscowMitch's bailout plan was to funnel money to employers as as forgivable loans if they retain and pay their employees. That rolls out today. It will be

Robert Reich

RBReich

Tesla is threatening that workers could lose unemployment benefits if they don't return to work in defiance of the public health orders. Meanwhile, Elon Musk could take home a $700M

Economic Policy Institute

EconomicPolicy

March’s huge job loss numbers rival the worst months of the Great Recession, and these numbers do not include millions who filed unemployment claims toward the end of March. This