Ohio’s 1,092,831 Unemployed & Underemployed

[irishbobcat]

No Sarge, for many Ohioans it is not...................

[sfc_oliver]

99 weeks isn't enough? I don't believe extending benefits again will do much good in producing jobs. I don't know what will. But I do know that so far nothing has worked and the new regime has only had a little over 4 months to see what they can do.  Give them a chance to see if their programs work. Or is that too much to ask, the people did just vote them into office.......

[irishbobcat]

Ohio's 1,092,831 Unemployed & Underemployed 

       Ohio's "Official" unemployment as of March 2011 is 526,400 unemployed people.  In addition as many as 566,431 people in Ohio are a part of the hidden unemployed. People who want jobs but are not looking and not counted in official statistics and people working part-time because can't find a full-time job both are reported by the labor dept separately, the "hidden unemployed".



Ohio's total estimated unemployed and underemployed for March is 1,092,831 workers.*  (April numbers are do out May 22nd .)



       Since November 2010, 77,500 jobs / people have disappeared from the labor force in Ohio. They are no longer counted in the labor force at all. Almost a third of Ohioans, 3.4 million people, had incomes below 200 percent of the poverty level.**



         We are encouraging groups to hold "Vigils for Jobs" on the First Fridays on June 3rd and July 2nd. Our goal is to call attention to the unemployment crisis and the need for a national jobs program to create millions of jobs. There were First Friday Vigils for Jobs on April 1st in Detroit, New York City, Chicago, Dayton OH, Lynn MA, Long Island NY, and Albany NY. Can you plan one in your area for June 3rd or July 2nd?



         At this time of great crisis, from the attack on unions and collective bargaining to the tragedy in Japan and the ongoing wars in the Middle East, we need to build a massive grassroots movement for change.  Many key programs and services are under attack at the federal and state levels. It's going to be an uphill fight, but we need to continue to mobilize communities across America to demand jobs and real change.



          The unemployment crisis is deepening, as millions of unemployed people are no longer eligible for unemployment benefits, including the extension programs.  Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA) have introduced The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act, legislation to extend emergency benefits to long-term unemployed workers.  The bill would provide 14 weeks of emergency unemployment benefits to people who have exhausted all their benefits and are still unemployed.