Commentary | June 22, 2023

California Should Fix Unemployment Insurance to Include Presently Excluded Immigrant Workers

California should provide economic support to workers who become unemployed, regardless of their immigration status.

News Releases | June 2, 2023

May Jobs Report: Despite Strong Job Growth, Labor Market Weakens for Black Workers

Workers are demanding that policymakers take action to support people pushed out of work before wider layoffs begin to mount.

Press Clips | May 16, 2023

Why California’s COVID unemployment mess isn’t over yet

Via: The Orange County Register

The biggest logjam of contested unemployment cases lies in a state appeals process By Lauren Hepler | CalMatters It’s been 22(…)

News Releases | May 5, 2023

April Jobs Report: Job Growth Slows Just as Black Workers See More Gains

It’s an affront to workers that the Federal Reserve continues raising interest rates, threatening to throw the economy into recession.

News Releases | April 7, 2023

March Jobs Report: Many Jobless Workers Excluded from Unemployment Insurance

Congress must act to build an unemployment insurance system that will support all workers at all times.

Press Clips | March 30, 2023

COVID created an expanded social safety net; activists are now quietly working to bring it back

Via: The Fulcrum

The government’s pandemic interventions had meaningful effects. After the child tax credit expanded in 2021, child poverty fell from 9.7% in 2020(…)

News Releases | March 10, 2023

February Jobs Report: Job Growth Slows, Unemployment Edges Up

5.9 million workers were unemployed in February, an increase of 242,000 from the prior month.

News Releases | February 3, 2023

January Jobs Report: Many Workers Remain Uneasy Despite Strong Job Growth

A concerning new trend is the increase in the percentage of workers reporting that they worked multiple jobs.

News Releases | January 6, 2023

December Jobs Report: A Year of Job Growth Was a Missed Opportunity to Fix Unemployment Insurance

The U.S. Department of Labor’s final monthly jobs report of 2022 revealed that 4.5 million jobs were added and the(…)

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