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Unprecedented job losses infuriate Pa. workers as unemployment benefits can't keep up. 20% Filed.
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Per the Philadelphia Inquirer:
One of every five Pennsylvania workers has now filed for assistance, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Labor, as the economic wreckage from the coronavirus cascades across the country.
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That brings the state’s total new jobless claims to more than 1.3 million in four weeks ending April 11, or almost 20% of the workforce. An additional 84,000 people filed claims in the first three days of this week, according to the state, pushing the total higher than 21%.
In New Jersey, 140,600 workers filed new claims. The Garden State’s four-week total now stands at 677,000, or almost 15% of the workforce.
About 238,000 Pennsylvanians filed for unemployment last week, bringing the four week total to 1,391,139 as of Tuesday.
(more at the jump)
https://www.inquirer.com/economy/coronavirus-pennsylvania-unemployment-benefit-online-apply-wait-times-pin-number-20200416.html
ZOMG!
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