GENTLE REMINDER TO ALL #TECH WORKERS

before you go hustling for new work on these internets and fediverses, if you were laid off, HEAD TO THE CLOSEST #LABOR DEPARTMENT OFFICE AND DEMAND YOUR #UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

you pay for #unemployment #benefits with each paycheck. DEMAND THAT MONEY.

here's a thread about what to do & what happens when you don't demand all your accumulated money & benefits.

https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/111607803802146802

tell #techbros laying off people, fuck you pay me.

"According to economist Steven Rattner of Morning Joe, the United States has now had 26 consecutive months—more than two years—of unemployment under 4%, the longest stretch of unemployment that low since the late 1960s.

Rattner pointed out that immigrants have helped to push U.S. growth since the pandemic by adding millions of new workers to the labor market."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#jobs #unemployment #Biden #economy #EconomicRecovery #immigrants
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-5-2024

April 5, 2024

Today offered yet more evidence that Biden’s rejection of the Republicans’ supply-side economics in favor of investing in ordinary Americans is paying off with high growth, low unemployment, and strong wages. Today’s jobs report from the U.S.

^{Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)}