Chicagoans will be taking to the streets today to call for an extension of unemployment benefits as a push to "Save Christmas for the Unemployed." The protest will take place at Federal Plaza today at 3:30 p.m.
“Millions of people in this country are still out of work with little hope of finding a job anytime soon,” said Robert Reiter, Jr., secretary-treasurer of the Chicago Federation of Labor, in a press release. "We cannot end federal unemployment benefits right now. This essential lifeline is the only thing keeping families together in their homes with food on the table. Our economy will lose even more jobs if these folks don’t have the ability to spend money on their basic needs."
Unemployed Chicago activists with Chicago Jobs with Justice and the Chicago Federation of Labor will also be gathering signatures for a petition calling for an extension of the benefits. The final petition will be sent to U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk.
“We will be gathering petition signatures to send to Kirk and Durbin so they know that this is important to their constituents here in Illinois,” said Susan Hurley, executive director of Chicago Jobs with Justice. "Two hundred plus people from Chicago have been in D.C. all week trying to meet with legislators to let them know that we need jobs and benefits now. Today we are making sure people know that this holiday season is going to be tough enough for the unemployed. We have got to maintain this lifeline for folks still looking for work."
Here is the unemployment extension plan the republicans are proposing...
Unemployment Extension: 'What Are They Waiting On?'
While we don't have all the details, in this case the devil is made plain in the general outlines of the Republican proposal," Levin said in a statement. "The plan Republicans presented this morning would slash federal unemployment insurance by more than half, cutting by 40 weeks Americans' eligibility for assistance -- even as we continue to emerge from the worst recession in 80 years. Also very concerning are indications that Republicans may propose undermining access to regular state unemployment benefits in the future."
The GOP's plan would shorten the maximum duration workers can receive federal unemployment benefits from 73 weeks to 33 weeks, CNN reported. Federal jobless benefits kick in for people who don't find work before running out of state aid, which typically lasts 26 weeks. Part of that reduction presumably would come from allowing the federal "Extended Benefits" program -- which supplies the final 20 weeks of aid for workers in states with high unemployment rates -- to phase out in 2012, which will happen anyway unless Congress proactively changes federal law to allow states to remain eligible. The Republican plan could achieve further reductions by incorporating legislation passed by a House committee earlier this year that would allow states to redirect federal jobless funds from benefits to paying down state debt to the federal government....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/08/unemployment-extension_n_113740...
Is there gonna be a Tier 5? You think there will? I wonder if there's gonna be a Tier 5.
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All the Tier 5 aficionados can still be found here: http://progressillinois.com/news/content/2011/12/04/unemployment-rate-fa...
Well, one diehard aficiondo anyway...
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