More than a quarter of the workforce has filed for unemployment in six states - Smlr_net

4 May 2020


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*Title:*   More than a quarter of the workforce has filed for unemployment
in six states
*Authors:  *  Jori Kandra
*Source:*    Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
*Date:*  April 30, 2020
*Summary:  *Another 3.5 million U.S. workers filed for unemployment
insurance (UI) benefits last week, according to the Department of Labor’s
most recent data released this morning (not seasonally adjusted). In the
past six weeks, nearly 28 million
https://www.epi.org/blog/nearly-28-million-workers-applied-for-unemployment-insurance-benefits-in-the-last-six-weeks-congress-must-act-to-mitigate-harm-from-unprecedented-joblessness/,
or one in six, workers applied for UI benefits across the country.
*Link: *   https://bit.ly/2Smhrg4
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