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LABOR »» WORKERS »» UNEMPLOYMENT »» Mar 22, 2021
In September 2020, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, our unemployment rate was 7.9% and there were only 123 million full-time employees in the U.S. workforce. This was a significant decrease from a year earlier, when there were 131.7 million full-time employees. However, these figures did not count the number of unemployed people who have stopped looking for work or those who are underemployed. If these people were included, our actual unemployment rate would be nearly double what it is actually reported to be. In 2020, we passed several trillion-dollar stimulus packages which most economists agree helped slow our economic slide. Unemployment insurance is a major element of our government

  • I oppose reforming current unemployment policy and wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Leader Charles Schumer (NY).
  • I support providing $500 million in funding for States to improve their unemployment insurance technology systems by: 1.) Requiring any amount transferred to the account of a State be used to improve the information technology used by the State agency to administer the unemployment compensation laws of the State. 2.) Ensuring that the process of filing initial and continuing claims for unemployment compensation can be readily understood and accomplished by the vast majority of claimants, including individuals with limited English proficiency, individuals with disabilities, older individuals, and individuals with literacy challenges. 3.) Requiring any features of the system (such as the ability to upload documentation) that are available in the desktop version of the online claim-filing system to also be available in the mobile version, and be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and have an automated password reset function that can be completed online. And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of either Sen Chuck Grassley (IA) and/or Sen. Ron Wyden (OR), and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
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  • I support providing $500 million in funding for States to improve their unemployment insurance technology systems by: 1.) Requiring any amount transferred to the account of a State be used to improve the information technology used by the State agency to administer the unemployment compensation laws of the State. 2.) Ensuring that the process of filing initial and continuing claims for unemployment compensation can be readily understood and accomplished by the vast majority of claimants, including individuals with limited English proficiency, individuals with disabilities, older individuals, and individuals with literacy challenges. 3.) Requiring any features of the system (such as the ability to upload documentation) that are available in the desktop version of the online claim-filing system to also be available in the mobile version, and be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and have an automated password reset function that can be completed online. And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of either Sen Chuck Grassley (IA) and/or Sen. Ron Wyden (OR), and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
Trustee Candidates

  • Senator
    If elected as a trustee, the campaign committee of Sen Chuck Grassley (IA) will be unconditionally awarded the funds pledged to this issue along with a letter requesting him to favorably consider passing S.4283. If more than $1,000 has been pledged to this issue, the campaign committee of sponsor Sen. Ron Wyden (OR) will be unconditionally awarded 10% of these funds.


  • National Employment Law Project
    If elected as a trustee, National Employment Law Project will be awarded the funds pledged to this issue along with a letter requesting these funds be used to advocate for providing prompt benefits and services to the unemployed.

    About: For 50 years, NELP has sought to ensure that America upholds, for all workers, the promise of opportunity and economic security through work. NELP fights for policies to create good jobs, expand access to work, and strengthen protections and support for low-wage workers and unemployed workers. We publish research that illuminates workers’ issues; promote policies that improve workers’ lives; lend deep legal and policy expertise to important cases and campaigns; and partner with allies to advance crucial reforms. NELP works from the ground up to build systemic change. We collaborate with community partners on advocacy campaigns, developing and testing innovative policy ideas in cities and states, then scaling them up to effect change nationally. We partner with advocacy networks grounded in the full range of stakeholders—grassroots groups and national organizations, worker centers and unions, policymakers and think tanks.

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