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Employment

A customer leaves a Pier 1 retail store, which is going out of business
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Unemployment in the year of COVID

As we continue our series on how the pandemic has reshaped work in America, we'll discuss joblessness and unemployment over the course of the pandemic.

Air Date: February 19, 2021 10:00 am

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A sign outside a U.S. Social Security Administration office in Mount Prospect, Ill., in October last year. Closed SSA offices across the country are being blamed for a 30 percent drop in applications for an aid program for the most vulnerable.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Huge drop in federal aid for the poorest is blamed on closed Social Security offices

New data show that the number of new SSI awards given in January was the lowest on record — but it wasn't because there were fewer people in need of the benefits.

1 week ago

An undocumented former poultry worker who identified herself as Estela Roblero told her story to fellow members of the Delaware Poor People's Campaign. (Delaware Poor People's Campaign)
Community

Minimum wage hike a priority for Delaware’s Poor People’s Campaign

A leader of Delaware’s chapter in the national movement says having Joe Biden in the White House can help make his state a model for America.

2 weeks ago

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Teachers gather outside Samuel Gompers School in Philadelphia to protest the district's plan to reopen classrooms for 9,000 pre-K to second grade students.
Education
Broke in Philly

Child welfare nonprofits in Philly call for teachers to return to classrooms

The coalition argues that schools can be reopened safely this month, but teachers must heed the district’s call to return in order to begin that process.

3 weeks ago

In this Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, photo, a bartender talks to a customer at the Gotham Bar and Grill in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Money

US employers add just 49K jobs as unemployment falls to 6.3%

Friday's figures reflect a faltering job market, slowed by a pandemic that is still causing consumers to avoid traveling, shopping and dining out.

3 weeks ago

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Community

Upper Darby and the township workers union are at odds over a no-layoff clause

The union represents the township’s sanitation workers and animal control, parking enforcement, and other non-first responder uniformed employees.

3 weeks ago

A 2020 file photo of a SEPTA worker walking through the 69th Street SEPTA repair shop. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Money

Who gets paid more than $200,000 at a part-time job? Some former SEPTA managers

The positions are just a sliver of SEPTA’s 9,400-strong workforce, but the handful of part-timers collectively cost the agency about $1 million a year.

3 weeks ago

President Biden and Vice President Harris meet with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democratic senators Wednesday to talk about Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief proposal.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden forges ahead on relief bill without GOP, but signals checks could be targeted

The president told House Democrats he would not back down from providing $1,400 payments in the package, but suggests checks could be targeted, a proposal Republicans pushed.

4 weeks ago

Sandra Huffman, shown here at her home in East Greenville, Pa.
Community
Spotlight PA

Stress, delays, and confusion still plague jobless in Pa., and January brought little relief

Pandemic unemployment benefits are a lifeline for over 400,000 in Pa. who don’t qualify for traditional unemployment. But payments stalled this year and people are struggling.

4 weeks ago

A man wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walks with a dog, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in Northeast Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Money

Delays and glitches with latest stimulus have slowed relief to Pa.’s unemployed

Some problems stem from a lag between when the first pandemic stimulus funds expired and the time it took to get the second relief package up and running.

1 month ago

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Money
Billy Penn

Pa. unemployment update: How gig workers can file for benefits and get the extra $300

Known as PUA, the 11-week compensation program can be backdated to the beginning of January.

1 month ago

President Joe Biden signs executive orders after speaking about the coronavirus in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Politics & Policy

In first days, Biden flashes action as deep problems loom

The coronavirus pandemic surges, the economy teeters and Republicans in Congress have signaled objections to many of Biden’s plans.

1 month ago

Philadelphia’s vaccination clinic at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Education

Philly teachers union wants all staff vaccinated before students return to school

In a letter obtained by WHYY, the union president said it would be “foolish” to reopen schools before all staff are vaccinated.

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