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Tag: unemployment

Unite Here Local 11 supporters participate in a sit-in protest at one of the main entrances to LAX airport on June 22, 2023. Photo by Zaydee Sanchez for CalMatters
Posted inCommentary

Striking workers in California are at a disadvantage. They deserve the jobless benefits they earned

by Guest Commentary September 25, 2023September 24, 2023

A bill that would extend unemployment benefits to workers on a strike exceeding two weeks is awaiting a signature from Gov. Gavin Newsom. A Hollywood writer argues that striking workers deserve benefits from a fund their labor helps support.

The offices of the Employment Development Department in Sacramento on Jan. 10, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
Posted inCommentary

California’s EDD has enough problems. Giving jobless benefits to striking workers is the last thing it needs

by Guest Commentary September 25, 2023September 22, 2023
The offices of the Employment Development Department in Sacramento on Jan. 10, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
Posted inCommentary

GOP attack on Newsom misses mark, but California’s unemployment program remains a hot mess

by Dan Walters August 29, 2023August 28, 2023
Eugene Lewis walks through a mobile home park in Van Nuys on Feb. 4, 2023. Lewis visits his wife at her RV when he gets a chance away from his halfway home. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local
Posted inWhatMatters

Is California parole program worth $100 million a year?

Avatar photo by Lynn La July 10, 2023July 10, 2023
Posted inWhatMatters

Will Newsom’s Delta tunnel plan hold up the budget?

Avatar photo by Lynn La June 16, 2023June 16, 2023
Debris and water damaged furniture on the side of a road in Planada on Feb. 8, 2023. The town was hit by flooding in January after heavy rainstorms rolled through the area. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/Catchlight Local
Posted inCalifornia Divide

California flooding harmed 4 out of 5 households in this city. A study tallies the damage

Avatar photo by Nicole Foy June 15, 2023June 15, 2023
The offices of the Employment Development Department in Sacramento on Jan. 10, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
Posted inEconomy

California’s COVID unemployment reckoning goes national

Avatar photo by Lauren Hepler June 12, 2023June 9, 2023
Assemblymembers discuss bills at the Capitol on March 27, 2023. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
Posted inWhatMatters

Legislature faces deadline week for CA budget

Avatar photo by Lynn La June 12, 2023June 12, 2023
Sharon and Nicolas Allen watch their two sons play in their home in Fresno on April 10, 2023. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local
Posted inEconomy

‘I’m a hostage’: Why California’s COVID unemployment mess isn’t over yet

Avatar photo by Lauren Hepler May 16, 2023May 15, 2023
Madeline Maye, a video editor based in Burbank on Feb. 12, 2023. Maye lost $5000 to the Bank of America EDD debit card fraud of 2020. She had been laid off from her job just months earlier and was struggling to find freelance video editing work in the pandemic. The situation was compounded for Maye by the fact that she had just come out as transgender, was navigating hormone therapy, and trying to pay for essentials like rent and feminine-presenting clothes and products. Photo by Alisha Jucevic for CalMatters
Posted inWhatMatters

Why thousands of Californians are in limbo for jobless benefits

Avatar photo by Lynn La May 16, 2023May 15, 2023

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