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Voices From Street Corners (Vol 7)

October 17, 2010 2

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.

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Voices From Street Corners

August 5, 2010 1

Anyone who has driven around South County has seen people at street corners with signs asking for help.    Many have been out of work, […]

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Obama Pushes for Up-or-Down Vote on Help for Our Laid Off Friends & Neighbors

July 19, 2010 1

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.

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Unemployment Rate Slowed in November

December 4, 2009 0

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.