- June 19, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh argued it’s too early to have the conversation about extending or halting weekly federal unemployment benefits following the May jobs report.
More than 400,000 out-of-work Americans are poised to lose their unemployment benefits this weekend as eight states prematurely drop out of a pandemic relief program that boosted jobless aid by $300 a week.
Alabama, Idaho, Indiana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, West Virginia and Wyoming will terminate the extra unemployment benefits on June 19, a move the states’ Republican governors contend will help businesses struggling to hire workers. About 440,000 workers will lose their benefits, according to one analysis conducted by the Century Foundation, a left-leaning think tank.
THESE 26 STATES ARE ENDING $300 UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS THIS SUMMER
Four states – Alaska, Iowa, Mississippi and Missouri – officially ended the assistance last week, and 14 others are slated to do so…
