It was a bit of a cold and damp week in South County. As always, though, there was a lot going on. As I was about town, I got a chance to talk to a few of the regulars on Street Corners. The old Veteran was at his old station continuing to ask for help. When I went up to talk to him and asked him how things were, his only comment to me was, “the man up there will take care of things…”. I wanted to again ask whether he had gone up to the One Stop Center. I also told him about a Security Job Opportunity that I saw that he could potentially qualify for.
Tag Archive for Unemployment
Voices From Street Corners
by Mike Pouraryan • • 1 Comment
Anyone who has driven around South County has seen people at street corners with signs asking for help. Â Â Many have been out of work, are homeless and are truly helpless. Â Yet, the governing elite seem to have found…
Obama Pushes for Up-or-Down Vote on Help for Our Laid Off Friends & Neighbors
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
Today, President Obama called on Congress to extend critical unemployment insurance to millions of Americans looking for a job. The U.S. Senate on Tuesday will vote on extending unemployment benefits for Americans still struggling to find work and overcome the lingering effects of the recession. In the three previous efforts, Senate Republicans have blocked the extension of emergency relief for the unemployed.
Unemployment Rate Slowed in November
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
In a hopeful jobs report before the holidays, the nation’s unemployment rate eased to 10% in November from 10.2 % in October, and the number of workers on payrolls was essentially unchanged last month, the Labor Department said today.
The Progression of the Recession Nationally
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
When windbags like Rush Limabugh call this economic climate “Obama’s economy,” a reminder that George W. Bush was able to avoid accepting responsibility for the declining economic forecast during the initial months of his first term because the declining economy…
Obama’s Weekly Address: Necessary Reform, Absurd Attacks
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
WASHINGTON – In his weekly address, President Barack Obama called health insurance reform critical to our nation’s long-term economic strength and dispelled the outlandish rumors being promoted by those who are defending the status quo. The President has called for…
Obama Weekly Address: Turning around unemployment
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
The high unemployment numbers released this week rattled the country, as anxiety about the deepening recession hit home to more and more American families. President-elect Obama’s Weekly Address responds with an urgent call for immediate and dramatic action to get…
