A resource directory for the unemployed in Pennsylvania http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org Experts say the mancession exists in part because male-dominated fields such as construction and manufacturing have been hit hard — with 3.5 million of the 7.9 million jobs lost during the economic downturn in these two areas — and because men, as higher earners, are more susceptible to cost-cutting layoffs. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/021212.php One of the main reasons that the trust fund is insolvent is that for the last 25 years companies have only been required to pay into the fund the first $8,000 of an employee's wages. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/020712.php Congress approved a 13-week extension of extended benefits in December for individuals who have been receiving benefits for the past 80 weeks. The congressional action provides $30 million in federal dollars to pay for those benefits. But Pennsylvania must first amend its own unemployment compensation law in order to tap that money. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/020412B.php Until now, the Corbett administration has distinguished itself through efforts to cut waste, fraud and abuse, restrict the number of people on food stamps and cut social service budgets. On top of this, 90,000 children have now reportedly been removed from state-funded health care. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/020612.php It's been too long since the phrases "unemployment rate" and "cautious optimism" could be found in the same sentence. That changed Friday with news that the nation's jobless rate fell to 8.3 percent in January, the lowest level in three years while the economy saw a net gain of 243,000 jobs. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/020512B.php Cite cuts to schools, assistance programs inaction on transit http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/020512A.php The monthly unemployment report contained undeniably good news Friday, but with bad statistics dappled in like dandelions in a lawn. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/020412A.php The state Department of Labor reported that unemployment for the Lehigh Valley metro area dropped from 8.7 percent in November to 8.4 percent in December, adding 1,300 job. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/020312.php Pennsylvania rode a tide of good news in December, with the unemployment rate falling in 55 of 67 counties. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/013112C.php Unemployment in the Pittsburgh region followed state and national trends in December and fell, dropping two-tenths of a percentage point to hit 6.9 percent, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry reported today. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/013112b.php Thousands of Pennsylvanians will see their federally funded unemployment benefits expire after this week, with legislation to extend those checks lingering in the state House of Representatives. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/013112A.php The U.S. recession officially ended in June 2009, but most Americans don't feel like we are in a recovery. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/0122812.php Miss Akers, 35, of Forest Hills, lost her job, along with 476 co-workers in November 2008. In January, she started a program at Community College of Allegheny County for dislocated workers, which waived her tuition and trained her in biotechnology. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/012212C.php The county is experiencing 7.6 percent unemployment, the worst rate among the four Pennsylvania suburban counties. The city of Chester's rate, 11.8 percent, even outpaces Philadelphia's 10.9 percent. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/012212B.php According to the more than 1,300 U.S. employers surveyed, the jobs that are most difficult to fill include skilled trades, sales representatives and engineers. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/012212A.php Unemployment in Pennsylvania dropped to 7.6 percent in December, down from 7.9 percent in November, the state's Department of Labor and Industry reported Thursday. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/012012.php There is growing frustration among out-of-work Pennsylvanians. Some are struggling to reach the state's unemployment offices on the phone. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/011912.php The Labor Department reported that 352,000 people filed for initial unemployment benefits last week, down sharply from a revised reading of 402,000 claims in the previous week. It is also the fewest number of people filing for jobless claims since the week ending April 19, 2008. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/011912B.php If the prediction holds up, the region will have more than regained the 37,500 jobs it lost since the official start of the recession in December 2007. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/011912A.php Business leaders want additional federal unemployment compensation tied to systemic changes that have nothing to do with the federal money being offered. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/011812.php What better news on a January Friday than the struggling U.S. economy in December created 200,000 new jobs and the unemployment rate dropped from 8.7 percent to 8.5 percent? http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/010812.php About 3,000 jobless Pittsburgh-area workers who are nearing the end of unemployment benefits won't get a two-month federal extension -- unless the Legislature tweaks state law. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/010712.php Those who found jobs earn less than they did before. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/122711.php The federal government's monthly unemployment index -- currently 8.6 percent -- doesn't include part-time workers who want to work more hours but can't. It doesn't count those who've simply given up. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/122611.php If you've never had to choose between heating and eating - paying for fuel vs. paying for food - you're in a fortunate group. This year, you're also in a much smaller group. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/121911.php A winter's worth of federal heating-energy assistance from Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program that people applied for in November has run out for some people as early as Dec. 7. And those on a waiting list for housing assistance vouchers have been denied because Altoona Housing Authority's federal money for that cause has been spent. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/121511B.php That said, theUnited States job market is still far from robust. About 8.8. million jobs were lost in the financial crisis, and as of November, still less than a third of those have been added back. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/121511A.php Since August, the Corbett administration has cut off more than 150,000 people - including 43,000 children - from medical assistance in a drive to save costs. That purge far exceeds what any other state has tried, health policy experts say, and officials may be walking a fine line between rooting out waste and erecting barriers to care for the poor and disabled. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/121411.php According to the U.S. Labor Department, about 1.8 million people -- including more than 74,000 Pennsylvanians -- could lose their benefits by early February if Congress doesn't pass an extension. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/121311B.php The unemployment compensation system will undergo some significant changes when a new law goes into effect in January. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/121311A.php Assistance for the long-term unemployed – those out of work for more than six months – is emerging as a defining issue heading into the presidential election year. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/121211.php The unemployment figures released last Friday suggest that the times are not as bad as they have been - but not as good as they might look on the surface. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/120511-1.php "The whole landscape of who we help is changing every day," said Ms. Miller. "It's not just people unemployed and people receiving public assistance. We've seen a marked increase in the working poor -- people who have jobs and realize that they can't do it on their own." http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/120511-2.php The economy added 120,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell from 9 percent to 8.6 percent. That's the good part. The bad part is the U.S. economy must add 150,000 jobs per month just to stay even with new entries into the job market, and many more than that to put a dent in the considerable job losses of the past four years. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/120511-3.php This economy has forced some locals to do something they’ve never done before, and probably thought they never would: sign up for food stamps. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/120411.php The Harrisburg region’s unemployment rate fell sharply to 7.1 percent in October. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/120111a.php Unemployment in the Pittsburgh region came in two full percentage points below the nation's 9 percent rate for October. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/120111b.php "I'm fed up with the horsecrap that's being passed off from the other side of the aisle," Mr. Gunnin said. "I want to hear him say he's going to push this job package. I want to hear him start calling these Republicans out. The system is messed up, and I'm tired of listening to the Republicans." http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/120111c.php Cambria County saw the biggest drop, falling from 8.7 percent in September to 8.2 percent in October. Over the year, Cambria County's rate is down 1.2 percentage points, the department said. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/120111d.php The region's unemployment rate in October dipped three-tenths of a percent, to 8.6 percent, according to figures released Thursday by the state Department of Labor and Industry. That brought the number of officially unemployed residents down to 35,900. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/120111e.php Businesses expect to add 0.4 employees in the next six months, Afshar said. Three months ago, they expected to add 0.7 employees. Purchasing projections also declined slightly from July levels, Afshar said. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/112911.php Local Subway restaurants now accept Electronic Benefits Transfer payments. The Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare uses EBT cards to provide food and cash assistance to recipients. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/112811.php A Brookings Institution analysis of census data showed that from 2000 to 2010, the number of poor individuals in suburbs grew 53 percent, compared with 23 percent in cities. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/112711.php The state's manufacturing industry lost 35 percent of its jobs over the past decade, prompting Gov. Tom Corbett to form an advisory council to identify top issues blocking growth of the industry. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/112211.php Bucks County saw Greater Philadelphia’s highest percentage-point increase in the number of people living in poverty last year, thanks to high unemployment, scarce jobs and the rising cost of just about everything. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/112011.php Pennsylvania's unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent in October from 8.3 percent in September, bringing the first reduction of the state unemployment rate since it started rising again in June. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/111811.php Tuesday's forum served as both a celebration of Erie Together's successes and a rallying cry for the community's residents to find ways in their own lives to help improve the lives of the region's poor people. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/111116A.php Somehow, we doubt the 24 percent of Americans aged 16-19 who want jobs but can't find them care much about cultural understanding. It doesn't pay the bills. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/111116B.php 2011 Lost in all of the Marcellus Shale, school voucher and child abuse talk in the state Capitol Tuesday was that the state Senate approved a bill that seeks to address Pennsylvania's $3 billion unemployment compensation (UC) debt to the federal government. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/111116C.php The U.S. Senate is poised to vote as soon as today on legislation that would provide tax credits to businesses that hire unemployed veterans. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/111011A.php The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week fell to the lowest level since April, a sign that employers could be stepping up hiring. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/111011B.php More Americans fell into extreme poverty during the past decade, including some in Pittsburgh. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/110311A.php Poverty declined in the 1990s and then spent the first decade of the new century moving to places that had previously been safe havens of the middle class. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/110311B.php Embracing cultural diversity, making it easier for businesses to open in Reading, improving incentives for companies to relocate to Berks County and enhancing educational and training opportunities are ways to help lift Reading out of poverty. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/110211.php Small- and mid-sized business owners in Pennsylvania are showing a significant deterioration in their expectations for hiring and sales outlooks compared to spring, according to the Fall 2011 PNC Economic Outlook Survey. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/110111A.php Lehigh Valley area unemployment fell to 8.9 percent in September even though private sector jobs declined, according to a new report. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/110111B.php The ranks of the unemployed in Erie County plunged dramatically in September, falling from 11,900 to 10,300, driving the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate down half a percentage point to 8.3 percent. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/110111C.php Arlene Fischer imagined a retirement filled with vacations in New England. . . Fischer, it turns out, is part of a sizable minority of Americans who have discovered life in retirement isn't what they expected. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/110111D.php Unemployment in the Harrisburg area fell to 7.4 per¬cent, down from 7.8 percent in August. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/110111E.php The unemployment rate in the Pittsburgh region fell by four-tenths of a percentage point in September to 7.4 percent from 7.8 percent in August, marking a return to the July jobless levels. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/110111F.php Blair County's jobless rate decreased from 7.7 percent in August to 7.1 percent in September, the department said. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/110111G.php The Senate turned down President Barack Obama's jobs bill Tuesday, sabotaging democracy and fair play since the actual vote was 50-49 in favor of the measure to authorize debate. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/101311A.php New claims for jobless benefits were little changed last week and the trade deficit narrowed marginally in August, indicating a modest improvement in the economy. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/101311B.php A group of CEOs appointed by President Obama to tell him how to create jobs got the lowdown from some of their own kind in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/101211.php The survey found blame to go around: about half said steps taken by President Obama and both parties in Congress had made things "somewhat worse" or "much worse." Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, fared even worse on this question. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/101111A.php "It's a major concern," said Kyndall Mason, spokeswoman for One Pittsburgh, a coalition of labor and community activists lobbying lawmakers to vote for Obama's jobs bill. "He's meeting with all these people who do nothing but cut jobs and ship jobs overseas and (who) don't play fairly." http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/101111B.php The Republicans, after all, have a perverse, election-driven interest in seeing America's jobless woes continue into 2012, when the president will go before the voters for a second term. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/101111C.php Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Analytics, predicts little movement in the unemployment rate over the next year. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/101111D.php The public sector was the weakest link, with local government shedding 35,000 jobs, including 24,400 in public education. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/100811.php President Obama wants to continue offering benefits for an extended period of time, a maximum of 99 weeks, as is now the case. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/100711.php Most of Western Pennsylvania's congressional delegation won't make it to President Obama's visit to Pittsburgh next week, saying their day jobs got in the way. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/100611A.php The service was for unemployed and underemployed people in rural areas, who weren’t being helped because they didn’t fall into another category, such as being homeless or living in temporary housing. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/100611B.php Before we tear the country apart with class warfare, we would do well to understand that poverty is relative, true wealth tends to be absolute, and individual action and responsibility are still feasible aspects of social. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/100511A.php On Jan. 1, 2012, while most people are ringing in the New Year, 89,000 Pennsylvanians will have their unemployment benefits cut off. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/100511B.php Two Pittsburgh-area counties are showing some of the fastest job growth in the country. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/100111A.php Job creation has been stagnant nationally over the last two years, but two suburban Pittsburgh counties, Butler and Washington, continue to enjoy healthy employment increases. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/100111B.php We must invest in jobs and preserve health coverage for all. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/092911A.php Reading is ranked first in the nation in Census Bureau statistics for the number of poor residents as the need for food, housing and jobs increases. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/092911B.php Unemployment in the Pittsburgh region rose by four-tenths of a percentage point to 7.8 percent in August, up from 7.4 percent in July http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/092711.php Altoona needs more jobs, better housing, fewer stormwater management problems and better sidewalks, residents said Saturday. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/092511A.php Only by leading the world in innovation will America generate skilled, good-paying jobs. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/092511B.php Poverty in this country has increased 3 percent over the last decade. More than 46 million Americans are living in poverty, the highest level on record in 52 years. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/092511C.php Providing tax incentives that entice businesses to create new jobs is a key ingredient to turning our economy around, and it can't come soon enough for the 72,000 Philadelphia families struggling to make ends meet. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/092211A.php Allegheny County, in particular, led the region's progress in those economic benchmarks, with substantial drops in poverty and uninsured residents and income growth above inflation. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/092211B.php A 1.7 percent increase from 25 percent to 26.7 percent poverty may not sound like a lot, but that's nearly 23,000 more children, parents, brothers, and sisters struggling to get by each and every day. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/092211C.php In 2010 for the third year in a row, thousands more Lehigh Valley residents sank beneath the poverty line, even as the U.S. economy showed tentative signs of life. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/092211D.php Chronically ill Pennsylvanians on Medicaid could have a harder time finding doctors -- and fewer services if they do find one -- should proposed cuts in federal matching dollars to the state-run medical insurance program go through. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/092111A.php The president's latest jobs plan is a rehash that won't work. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/092111B.php I have been unemployed for about a year, collecting unemployment and searching for a job, and am signed up at every place for employment that this city has to offer. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/091311.php More than 200 people attended a job fair hosted Thursday night by Oxford Valley Mall. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/090911.php Labor Day was a day off work for many, but for Shawn Wygant, it was one more day he didn't have a job. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/090611A.php Obama can't do it alone--the involvement of congressional Republicans is necessary to get Americans back to work http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/090611B.php At the same time we're recognizing the contributions of working families, we're also marking the six-month anniversary of an act by the governor and the state Legislature that inflicted perhaps more pain on working families than even the current economic recession. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/090511A.php More and more companies are looking for better candidates at cheaper prices. I think they are realizing that they have to change their approach. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/090511B.php Experts say the main sources of new jobs in Western Pennsylvania are likely to be in the health care, education and natural gas industries and the spinoff jobs they bring in accounting, finance and information technology. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/090411.php The end of a government-funded subsidy that made it easier for the unemployed to continue their health insurance benefits will likely send thousands more into the ranks of the uninsured. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/090211A.php While unemployment in Pennsylvania has been hovering around 8 percent, the real number of people who have been unemployed is a much higher percentage of the workforce; 14.3 percent of Pennsylvania workers (938,100) have been jobless at some point in the last 12 months. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/090211B.php A general dismay with the economy has sharpened into more personal worries about unemployment and household finances for a growing number of people in Pennsylvania http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/090111A.php New jobless figures for July show northwestern Pennsylvania counties are skidding all over the place http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/090111B.php As federal health subsidy expires, hospitals are seeing increased demand from the uninsured. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/083111.php The region's job market moved another tick in the wrong direction last month, with unemployment for the Pittsburgh area growing to 7.4 percent in July, up one-tenth from June and continuing a slow but steady deterioration. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/083011.php Federal program helped unemployed afford to pay for health insurance http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/082511.php More than 50 people gathered outside the Media courthouse to demand legislators protect and create jobs for the middle class. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/082411.php President Barack Obama's jobs package, to be unveiled next month, is likely to target the long-term unemployed, some 6.2 million Americans who have been out of work for six months or more. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/082211.php Pittsburgh-area congressmen want less blame and more action when President Obama talks next month about spurring the economy. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/081811B.php Butten percent of all children in Pennsylvania live with at least one unemployed parent eligible for or seeking employment. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/081811A.php About 22,000 people in Lancaster County get unemployment relief. Starting Jan. 1, they will have to prove they are actively seeking jobs to keep the benefits. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/081711C.php FIFTY YEARS after the publication of Joseph Heller's classic novel, here's a "Catch-22" for our time: With 14 million people officially out of work, many employers and staffing agencies won't consider hiring anyone who needs a job. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/081711A.php At the same time that BNY Mellon is cutting 1,700 people, they continue to pay $55.6 million to their top five executives despite poor performance. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/081711B.php I am coming more and more to think that with the government essentially paralyzed for the foreseeable future, the only way we’re going to get jobs is by turning to actual job creators: business itself. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/081611B.php The group targeted U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Hazleton, saying it wants to ask him where the jobs are? http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/081611A.php We want Pat Toomey to meet with the people who voted him in, but the only ones he meets with are big business owners, - Mr. Wygant said. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/081511.php Jobs, jobs and more jobs. That was the message to Congress from about 60 protesters who rallied outside U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly's office on Erie's bayfront. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/081111.php A group of about 25 unemployed workers Tuesday gathered outside U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey’s office in protest, saying the senator has not fulfilled a campaign promise to help those who want to find work. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/081011.php With 14 million unemployed and 16 million underemployed or discouraged from looking for a job, we are at the lowest proportion of adults working in more than 25 years. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/080711A.php The private sector added 154,000 new jobs, but they were offset by deep cuts in government employment, particularly at the state and local levels, where payrolls decreased by 39,000. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/080711B.php President Barack Obama stepped before the cameras in the Rose Garden last week and vowed to renew his focus on jobs and the economy. And where will these jobs come from? http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/080711c.php Job numbers are tepid. Unemployment benefit claims are still on the rise. But cash-strapped states have already begun scaling back unemployment insurance benefits and restricting eligibility. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/080511A.php The Republican candidate for Allegheny County executive, D. Raja, offered a jobs plan Thursday while his Democratic opponents contended that its credibility was undermined by a 2001 case investigated by the U.S. Labor Department in which he had underpaid his own employees. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/080511B.php the number of government jobs in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton/Hazleton area decreased by 2.2 percent, or 700, from last year to 31,500 http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/080411.php The jobless rate went up in six of the seven corner counties for the second consecutive month, erasing a large portion of the employment gains made since January. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/080311.php HEMAP helped unemployed homeowners get loans so that they didn't lose their homes. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/080211B.php More people were added to the roles of the unemployed in June as the Schuylkill County's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 9.3 percent from 9 percent in May. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/080211A.php The center will lose over 50% of its funding, year over year, making it very difficult to continue to serve a population that desperately needs help from the state. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/072911B.php But teenagers seeking work fared better this June than they had since 2007 http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/072911A.php More jobs for Americans is the key to kicking this country out of its post-recession funk http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/072511A.php 5,700 teachers and support workers across Pennsylvania received furloughs in the wake of a $900 million reduction in state and federal school aid. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/072511B.php The U-6 jobless rate — the most inclusive of the federal government's six jobless measures—rose to 16.2 percent in June, from 15.8 percent in May. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/072411.php We need to raise employer taxes to get us back to even. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/072211B.php State budget cuts have caused 74 EARN center employees to be cut off, reducing welfare-to-work services statewide. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/072211A.php Pennsylvania's unemployment rate increased 0.2% in June as the economy continues to suffer http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/072111.php Corbett and the Pennsylvania legislature have pushed through changes that will result in $133 million in benefit cuts to unemployed people http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/07162011B.php More employers turn to temporary staffing to meet needs in unstable economy http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/07162011A.php College degrees are no guarantee of full-time work in this econony http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/07092011.php Pennsylvania volunteers meet weekly to teach and encourage in a brutal job market http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/07082011.php Unemployment for May unexpectedly crept up in the seven counties making up the northwest corner of Pennsylvania, leaving them higher than the state average, although still lower than the US average. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/063011.php May was not a good month for employment in the Pittsburgh area. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/062811.php A new analysis of state unemployment numbers found North Dakota was the only state in the union in better shape for workers now than at the start of the Great Recession. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/062311.php Industry has yielded job growth but impacts are vastly overstated by some http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/062111C.php Businesses and employees will be able to negotiate work-sharing programs to avoid layoffs and control unemployment compensation costs under changes to Pennsylvania's unemployment compensation system. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/062111A.php Western Pennsylvania's stable housing market and broad economic base will allow it to bounce back faster from the recession than many areas of the country, a new report says. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/062111B.php The Pennsylvania House and Senate are expected over the next two days to approve compromise legislation to prevent 45,000 people from losing extended unemployment compensation benefits. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/061611A.php State lawmakers have hammered out an agreement on UC that is expected to reach the governor by Friday http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/061611B.php A training center for natural gas pipeline inspectors and a cracking plant could both add northwest PA jobs. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/061611C.php When the recession ended in June 2009, 14.8 million people were unemployed. Two years later, 13.9 million remain jobless. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/060511.php Some see the unemployment rate and other data as signs economic recovery has now stalled http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/060411.php Unemployment rates in the Tri-County Area continued to fall in April, with Elk County's jobless rate dipping below 7 percent. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/060111A.php Lehigh Valley unemployment fell in April to its lowest point in two years, boosted by a spike in job creation, according to a report being released today. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/060111B.php Erie County's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady in April at 7.6 percent. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/060111C.php The region's economy continued to improve in April, with employers adding 14,000 jobs in construction, manufacturing, hospitality and other industries compared to the previous month, the state said today. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/060111D.php The unemployment rate among post-9/11 veterans is 10.9 percent, compared with 8.5 percent unemployment among nonveterans. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/060111E.php The unemployment rate for all veterans is 7.7 percent compared to 8.5 percent for the general population. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/060111F.php 30% of black men in their 40s and 50s in Philadelphia remain unemployed. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news053111.php As lawmakers work out differences over reforms to the state's unemployment compensation system, about 45,000 unemployed Pennsylvanians will be watching. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news053011.php Perry's bill, HB 916, would cut over $600 million per year in unemployment compensation benefits. Wanting to punish or not, this bill would seriously hurt the unemployed. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news052911.php The state only has until June 11 to pass a law that would keep 135,000 people on unemployment. Perry's HB 913 goes far beyond this and attempts to harshly slash UC benefits. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news20110521.php The Pennsylvania Unemployment rate continues to fall, hitting 7.5% in April. The cloudy part of the picture is that many people have dropped out of the workforce, which artificially lowers the unemployment rate. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news20110520.php Unemployment fell in the Pittsburgh region to 6.8%. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/20110426A.php Traco, of Cranberry, PA, plans to hire 280 seasonal and full-time workers "as quickly as possible." http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/20110426B.php The unemployment rate in the Harrisburg area dropped to 6.9%, almost a full point lower than the statewide rate of 7.8%. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/20110426C.php The unemployment rate in Erie fell to 7.7% and the unemployment rate in Crawford fell to 7.4%. The news is tempered by the fact that the rate likely fell because of people dropping out of the workforce, not more jobs. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/20110426D.php The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3% and the region added jobs in health care, tourism, but the number of residents working dropped in March. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/20110426E.php A hearing held by the PA Senate Democratic Policy Committee included nine witnesses with ideas on how to create jobs in PA. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news04212011A.php Consumer confidence rose for thefourth straight week and the four week moving average for first time unemployment claims remained below 400k for the eight straight week. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news04212011B.php That's what workforce leaders recommend as 10,000 Lehigh Valley residents face loss of benefits. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news04202011.php The unemployment rate in Pennsylvania was 7.8% in March, a full percent lower than the rate a year ago. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news04152011B.php A program that gives more than 75,000 elderly Americans jobs could be cut by 45% in the budget deal signed last week. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news04192011.php For the first time in 2 years, the unemployment rate in Pennsylvania is below 8%, standing at 7.8%. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news04152011.php Business' view of the economy shows that growth is moderate and an increase in available jobs are both good news. The report also notes that there are 4.4 job seekers for every job opening. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news04142011.php Marcellus job fair attracts hundreds to work in oil and gas related fields. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news04072011B.php Initial unemployment claims fell to 382,000 this week, with the four week moving average dropping to 389,500. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news04072011.php February's unemployment rate of 6.8% was the lowest in Franklin County since January 2009 and is far lower than state and national averages. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news04052011B.php The region's unemployment rate fell from 7.2% to 7% in February. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news04052011.php House Republicans want to eliminate all federal funding for job-training programs for rest of fiscal year. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news03312011B.php The unemployment rate decreased to 8.8% while total employment increased by almost 1,000,000 in the past year http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news04012011A.php Should states and the federal government make it illegal to discriminate against the unemployed? http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news04012011B.php A new report shows that the majority of Americans are unable to achieve true economic security, including saving for retirement and emergencies. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news03312011.php Unemployment and ensuing poverty has spread from the city to the first ring of suburbs because of the Great Recession. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news03272011.php The rate is the lowest since May 2009. Unfortunately, the low rate also means that the long-term unemployed are only entitled to 93 weeks of unemployment, rather than 99 weeks. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news03182011.php The Alliance also noted that there were 69 advanced manufacturing projects planned for the region for the coming year. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news031611.php The county saw over 1200 people start work betweenNovember 2010 and January 2011. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news031511C.php The unemployment rate is down from 7.9% in December http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news031511A.php Erie's unemployment rate fell from 8.9% in December to 8.2% in January http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news031511B.php HAMP, a program to help unemployed homeowners pay their mortgage, is ending. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news031211.php The unemployment rate dropped to 8.2% in Pennsylvania and 30,000 additional people got jobs in January. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news030411A.php The unemployment rate dropped and 192,000 jobs were added to the economy in February. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news030411B.php A chance for Venango County residents to learn about public benefits and get a free lunch. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news030411C.php Bill may be coming due for Pennsylvania borrowing to pay unemployment benefits http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news022711.php Since 2009, PA has borrowed more than $3 billion to pay for unemployment benefits; payments on that loan start this year. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news022611.php Revamping state economic development programs could help Northeastern Pennsylvania become a supplier network for Marcellus Shale gas. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news022411.php The EEOC is investigating claims of discrimination against unemployed people who are seeking jobs. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news021911A.php The latest survey reflects the broader trend that the days of sweeping cuts in nearly every sector of the economy have come to an end, but rapid hiring has not yet kicked in. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news021911B.php Pennsylvania has the fourth largest debt to the federal government for UC payments. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news021611.php Unemployment claims jumped to 410,000 last week, while the four week moving average jumped just under 2000. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news021711A.php Surprise! Jobless benefits are taxable. At least Pennsylvania doesn't tax them. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news021711B.php Applications for unemployment fell to 383,000 this week. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news0210A.php Whether laid off or looking for a new career or a promotion, workers across Western Pennsylvania can choose from a variety of short-term educational programs to improve their employment chances. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news0210B.php Only 36,000 jobs were added in January while unemployment fell to 9% http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news020411.php High unemployment is causing more people to become homeless http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news020311.php Pittsburgh saw an increase of 9000 jobs between December 2009 and December 2010 http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news020111A.php Perhaps it is seasonal hiring, but the Harrisburg region saw an increase in hiring in December that lowered the unemployment rate. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news020111B.php Erie County unemployment is down from 10.2% just one year ago. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news020111C.php Pennsylvania needs to figure out how to cope with the $3.1 billion it has borrowed from the federal government to pay for UC over the last year. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news013111.php USA Today takes a look at who makes up the unemployed. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news012511.php The Pittsburgh region will benefit this year from the nation's improving economy, which will create more jobs, cut the jobless rate and raise local housing prices. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news012111B.php The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Pennsylvania dropped for the fifth straight month in December to 8.5 percent. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news012111A.php 6,000 people file initial jobless claims http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news012011.php By 2020, Westmoreland County could see as many as 3,000 related to Marcellus shale drilling and natural gas http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news011811.php With adultBasic set to run out of money soon, it appears the program's 41,000 subscribers will have to make alternative arrangements for health coverage -- or go without it -- starting Feb. 28. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news0112A.php The Three Rivers WIB has an anual budget for job training of $7 million. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news0112B.php The family-owned 900-employee environmentally friendly home renovation company moved into 58,000-square-feet at the Wharf at Rivertown on Jan. 3. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news0112C.php Pennsylvania’s subsidized health insurance for low-income working people will likely end next month, leaving more than 40,000 people with less palatable options and dashing the hopes of more than 400,000 on the waiting list. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news0111.php Long-term unemployment beat another distressing record last year: The percentage of the unemployed who were out of work for more than six months rose to a staggering 45.6 percent. http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news010911.php 2010 3rd quarter profits rose at the highest rate ever, but where are the jobs? http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news010811.php While many large companies are once again profitable, firms remain cautious about spending the big cushions of cash they've built up http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news010711B.php Get help with your job search and find other benefits http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news010711.php The US added 103,000 jobs in December, but many people dropped out of the labor http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news010611.php Since the recession began, 250,000 households have been added to the food stamps program in PA http://pennsylvaniaunemployed.org/news010311.php