Christine Owens says with unemployment rate remaining so high, we must not cut off help to the least fortunate full story ![]()
The number of people who have been out of work 27 weeks or more is trending downward. Ben Tracy spoke with one long-term unemployed person whose struggle to find work continues after a three year search.
cbsnews.com (3 months and 27 days ago)

In recent years, employers have created a bias against hiring job seekers who face long-term unemployment. Despite the number of increasing number of job openings, the long-term unemployment rates are still going up. This is because many employers don't want to hire people who were unemployed for more than six months. Each day is a continual struggle for the long-term...
huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 17 days ago)
MONTGOMERY — Many long-term unemployed Alabamians will see their benefits drop 12.8 percent on April 28.
gadsdentimes.com (2 months and 15 days ago)
Today's alarming financial news is the rise in first-time unemployment claims to 385,000, up 28,000 and also above expectations. It shows the labor market is weakening, not that it was anything resembling strong in the first place. It makes me want to cry, because every piece of news like this makes me even more distraught about the future of the 4.8 million long-term...
philly.com (2 months and 16 days ago)

A growing number of unemployed New Yorkers say they are not being given a fair shot by employers, and New York City is considering more efforts to help the long-term unemployed.
nytimes.com (4 months and 1 day ago)
The prospects of the nation's most beleaguered workers - the long-term unemployed - are improving.
sheboyganpress.com (4 months and 10 days ago)
Despite some improvement in Labor Dept. statistics, many long-term jobless are still struggling
cbsnews.com (3 months and 27 days ago)
To me by far the most interesting number in the recent US employment numbers was the number of long-term unemployed. It's this, right here, that explains why the US has a serious longer term problem now, for US unemployment is now beginning to look very like European unemployment. And this is a problem that you probably want to deal with and swiftly: Meanwhile, the number of...
forbes.com (3 months and 8 days ago)
Long-term unemployment - being jobless for more than six months - in this bad economy has become a serious national problem. So far, though, nobody seems to know what to do about it.
philly.com (1 month and 20 days ago)
As growth returns, employers gain some confidence and add jobs. But a stubborn exception plagues the Sunshine State. The long-term unemployed ¿ people out of work six months or more ¿ are lagging.
orlandosentinel.com (1 month and 15 days ago)
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