99er
A 99er is a person that during The Great Recession had gone through the maximum unemployment benefits allowed through normal unemployment, extended benefits, and emergency unemployment, this lasted a total of 99 weeks. A 99er was unemployed in week 100, 101, and often more than that.
During the Great Recession the job market was extremely bad, and even though the Great Recession has been over since December 2007, according to the…Read more
For the 23.1 million unemployed workers out of work here comes some more bad news, if you are long term unemployed you are worse than…Read more
I have seen many articles that call out how discriminatory employers are regarding being an unemployed worker. Some reference how job postings will say plain…Read more
We tweeted about the impending doom for Borders last week. At the time only one question remained: Which liquidate company will get to cannibalize the…Read more
For anyone that is unemployed and especially 99ers out there Congress has finally drafted legislation to help on the employment front. We’ve all heard and…Read more
Macomb Community College received a $4.9 million ARRA Grant to train unemployed, underemployed, and displaced workers to enter the defense industry. The one time funds…Read more
Here is the current Second Quarter 2011 data for employment. To look at the first quarter data click here. Notable events in the second quarter…Read more
The Southeast Michigan Jobs with Justice group is holding a rally that they are looking to host the First Friday of every month. They are…Read more
For those of you in Michigan wondering what you last weeks of unemployment will look like, you now have some insight. You’ll get a note…Read more
Much of the ill-informed public whole heartedly believe that those collecting unemployment are lazy and milking the system are absent of facts. A complaint I’ve…Read more