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Another 1.5 million US workers file for unemployment insurance

Thursday, June 25 by ABC News

courtneyk/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Another 1.48 million U.S. workers filed jobless claims last week, the Department of Labor said Thursday. While new weekly unemployment filings have been slowly decreasing since peaking in late March, they have remained... Read More.

1.5 million more US workers file for unemployment insurance

Thursday, June 18 by ABC News

glegorly/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Another 1.5 million U.S. workers filed for unemployment insurance last week, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. Millions are still out of work as states slowly begin to reopen. While the number... Read More.

Senate GOP torn on how to address expiring COVID-19 unemployment boosts

Thursday, June 11 by ABC News

drnadig/iStockBy ALLISON PECORIN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- For Nicole Van Hoff, the additional $600 a week she now receives in jobless benefits from the federal government is a crucial life line -- one Congress created in the wake of the... Read More.

US unemployment rate drops to 13.3% in May

Friday, June 5 by ABC News

courtneyk/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 13.3% in May, slightly below the April high of 14.7%, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.The U.S. economy added 2.5 million... Read More.

The ‘Shecession’: Women are disproportionately impacted by unemployment

Thursday, May 28 by ABC News

courtneyk/iStockBy KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- During the coronavirus pandemic, more than 38 million Americans have filed for unemployment insurance -- and for the first time in history, the nation's unemployment claims have a largely female, non-white... Read More.

Coronavirus updates: Unemployment checks delayed by data breach scam

Wednesday, May 27 by ABC News

Myriam Borzee/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 352,000 people worldwide.Over 5.6 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused... Read More.

Struggle of unemployment claimants compounded by data breach

Thursday, May 21 by ABC News

tzahiV/iStockBy CHEYENNE HASLETT, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The social security numbers and home addresses of thousands of unemployment applicants inadvertently were exposed this week in three states that had contracted with Deloitte to build unemployment portals.In Ohio, Illinois and... Read More.

US seeing the cost of late unemployment benefits

Thursday, May 21 by ABC News

glegorly/iStockBy VICTOR ORDONEZ and LAYNE WINN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A couple million more Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week -- leaving nearly one in five Americans unemployed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.A lingering and indisputably important question enters... Read More.

Employers struggle to compete with $600 unemployment payments

Thursday, May 21 by ABC News

courtneyk/iStockBy CHEYENNE HASLETT, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As a producer of personal protective equipment, Carl Livesay was eager to rehire his 60 employees and get operations up and running at the Baltimore-based manufacturer Maryland Thermoform Corporation once its forgivable... Read More.

‘We don’t feel heard’: Many non-traditional workers still waiting for unemployment

Friday, May 15 by ABC News

courtneyk/iStockBy CHEYENNE HASLETT, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- It was March 15 when Emily West lost her waitressing job in Akron, Ohio, and applied for unemployment insurance. Two months later, instead of government assistance, she only has credit card debt."Literally... Read More.

Nearly three million Americans file for unemployment; total now just under 36 million

Thursday, May 14 by ABC News

courtneyk/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- A total of 2,981,000 more Americans filed for unemployment insurance last week, bringing the total number of jobless claims filed amid the coronavirus pandemic to more than 35 million, according to the Department... Read More.

Government coronavirus response updates: Trump downplays record unemployment numbers, says ‘all’ jobs back ‘very soon’

Friday, May 8 by ABC News

Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen By JORDYN PHELPS and BEN GITTLESON, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed April's 14.7% unemployment rate amid the coronavirus pandemic, claiming that "those jobs will be back and they'll... Read More.

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Another 1.5 million US workers file for unemployment insurance

1.5 million more US workers file for unemployment insurance

Senate GOP torn on how to address expiring COVID-19 unemployment boosts

US unemployment rate drops to 13.3% in May

The ‘Shecession’: Women are disproportionately impacted by unemployment

Coronavirus updates: Unemployment checks delayed by data breach scam

Struggle of unemployment claimants compounded by data breach

US seeing the cost of late unemployment benefits

Employers struggle to compete with $600 unemployment payments

‘We don’t feel heard’: Many non-traditional workers still waiting for unemployment

Nearly three million Americans file for unemployment; total now just under 36 million

Government coronavirus response updates: Trump downplays record unemployment numbers, says ‘all’ jobs back ‘very soon’

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