Sen. Jim Webb, D-Virginia, cosponsored a bill today that would extend unemployment insurance by 14 weeks for all jobless Americans. Nearly 2 million out-of-work Americans face expiring benfits by the ...
Democrats in Congress argued and we agreed -- that the extension of jobless benefits for 2 million Americans whose opportunities for gainful employment have been sucked down with the economy was too ...
Al King has had to do a lot of lobbying since steelworkers on Minnesota’s Iron Range learned they were being laid off due to temporary mine closures. King is the president of Local 6115 at Cleveland ...
Experts expect the Virginia unemployment rate to approach 4% by year's end amid the Trump administration's layoffs, shutdown ...
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Virginia rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to ...
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia’s unemployment rate is on the rise. In fact, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says Virginia was the only state in the country to see a statistically significant rise ...
Furloughed federal workers are beginning to seek unemployment in Virginia, with more than 900 claims related to the government shutdown filed during the first two weeks of October. That’s according to ...
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Virginia dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 2,473 ...