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R.I. rally says: ‘Extend jobless benefits’
Published Jul 15, 2010 10:54 PM
A coalition of unions and community groups held a rally on the steps of
City Hall in Providence, R.I., July 7 to demand that unemployment benefits be
extended along with COBRA health care coverage for jobless workers. The federal
government had just allowed extended jobless benefits to expire after 99 weeks.
Unemployment in Rhode Island is officially 12.3 percent. Many jobless workers
now have nothing to fall back on as the capitalist economic crisis rages
on.
Among those in the coalition were the R.I. Unemployed Council, Ocean State
Action, The George Wiley Center, DARE, Jobs with Justice, AFSCME Council 94,
United Service & Allied Workers and United Food & Commercial
Workers.
The R.I. Unemployed Council statement also called for a federal jobs or income
program and pointed out that the trillions spent on war and bank bailouts could
more than fund it.
— Bill Bateman
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