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'30 days to find a job:' Over 2 million workers face unemployment benefits cliff
Yahoo News ^ | Denitsa Tsekova Fri, May 14, 2021, 3:52 PM

Posted on 05/14/2021 6:50:52 PM PDT by 11th_VA

More than 2 million workers could see their jobless benefits slashed or eliminated altogether next month as more states opt out of federal unemployment programs. Some of the hardest hit will be out-of-work Black Americans.

“The states are giving them 30 days to find a job,” Andrew Stettner, an unemployment insurance expert and senior fellow at the Century Foundation, told Yahoo Money. “Most of those workers won’t find a job within those 30 days. Most of them are going to have zero in unemployment benefits.”

Those workers stand to collectively lose $10.9 billion, averaging out to potentially thousands of dollars per worker, money that also won’t flow into those states’ economies, according to an analysis by the Century Foundation.

Eighteen states so far plan to cancel the pandemic-era jobless programs. Alaska and West Virginia were the latest states to opt out on Friday, a move gaining steam among Republican governors following last week's disappointing jobs report.

“More than 50 local employers have posted recruitments, and the response has been very positive. Employer demand for workers is outpacing job applicants,” Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Dr. Tamika L. Ledbetter said in a statement on Friday. “For those seeking employment, the time is now.”...

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To: stuck_in_new_orleans

FWIW, I feel for folks who don’t want to go back to work while muzzled.


61 posted on 05/15/2021 3:09:17 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: 11th_VA

Arby’s is hiring. $11.50/hr. according to the sign.


62 posted on 05/15/2021 3:23:27 AM PDT by FrdmLvr
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

How can they call them workers if they’re not working?


63 posted on 05/15/2021 3:31:33 AM PDT by FrdmLvr
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans

There’s plenty of those people here on Free Republic too. They refuse to get a job until all the illegals are thrown out of the country. They know that’s not realistic but that’s how they justify sucking on the government test for as long as they can.

They’re nothing more than a bunch of moochers and losers. They refuse to take care of themselves and demand that other people do it for them.


64 posted on 05/15/2021 3:43:35 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: usconservative; stuck_in_new_orleans

Absolutely, and central_va is their flag carrier. He’s obviously never heard the adage, “God helps those who help themselves.”


65 posted on 05/15/2021 5:04:51 AM PDT by dinodino ( )
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To: 11th_VA

Back on your heads! By the way, unless you know the joke of which that is the punchline, what I just wrote will make no sense.


66 posted on 05/15/2021 5:36:26 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: gunsequalfreedom
The smart ones have grabbed the jobs, answered the help wanted signs and left the extra unemployment benefits behind.

Yup. A lot of businesses offered higher pay and bonuses in their desperation to hire people. The ones who waited and are faced with no mo' free money might not be so lucky.

I can easily see this turning into an employer's market in a couple of weeks.

67 posted on 05/15/2021 5:41:32 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: 11th_VA

The lazy and unequal are being forced to work against their will. The states are making slaves of them


68 posted on 05/15/2021 5:42:33 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) History: Pelosi was pitiful vindictive California crone)
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To: ADemocratNoMore; Akron Al; arbee4bush; agrace; ATOMIC_PUNK; Badeye; big bad easter bunny; ...

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‘30 days to find a job:’ Over 2 million workers face unemployment benefits cliff
Yahoo News ^ | Denitsa Tsekova Fri, May 14, 2021, 3:52 PM

Posted on 5/14/2021, 9:50:52 PM by 11th_VA


69 posted on 05/15/2021 6:32:16 AM PDT by Lowell1775
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To: 11th_VA

I lost my job

Well I didn’t really lose it. It’s just when I go there some other guy is doing it.

I lost my girl

Well I didn’t really lose her.


70 posted on 05/15/2021 6:41:46 AM PDT by Pollard
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To: 11th_VA

Fact Check

Mostly false

States are opting out of that extra $300/wk, not unemployment altogether


71 posted on 05/15/2021 6:43:34 AM PDT by Pollard
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To: 11th_VA

And your, “back due” rent needs to be paid!


72 posted on 05/15/2021 7:02:59 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: central_va; Organic Panic
I ran in to a cohort offering $35 an hour for entry level on the job trained pipe fitters. Can’t get anyone
Lie.

Tell us how you know this. What other amazing powers do you have?

73 posted on 05/15/2021 7:19:26 AM PDT by Oatka
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To: Oatka
Pipefitter Salary in the United States

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74 posted on 05/15/2021 7:49:21 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: central_va

“I ran in to a cohort offering $35 an hour for entry level on the job trained pipe fitters. Can’t get anyone

Lie.”

Prove it or shut up when calling me a liar.


75 posted on 05/15/2021 9:28:04 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: matt04

BINGE every business is begging for help some giving a $1000 sign up but note what the story is pimping.

Some of the hardest hit will be out-of-work Black Americans.

aka race baiting


76 posted on 05/15/2021 9:38:23 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Organic Panic

What’s he paying for a fitter with 40 years of experience??


77 posted on 05/15/2021 10:52:35 AM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Vaduz

I know someone who is a manager at a minigokf, go cart, arcade style venue. One major issue they have is the mask requirement, where the state mandates the person standing out in the parking lot must even wear a mask. Unless you really are in need, no one is gonna stand in the hot sun all day in a mask.


78 posted on 05/15/2021 11:58:58 AM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: central_va
Pipefitter Salary in the United States

Point taken, but IMO you'd have been better served by posting this rather than the one word response.

Made you look like a drive-by poster.

None of my business, really - just sayin'.

79 posted on 05/16/2021 7:32:18 AM PDT by Oatka
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To: matt04

The thing about risk it’s an option.


80 posted on 05/16/2021 8:59:38 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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