26 states announced they would end the extra benefits earlier than the federal government's labor day cut off. Protests among the unemployed erged throughout the country too, in such places as the los vega strip and downtown new orleans. Proposals for less temporary fixes to the unemployment system were introduced this fall by powerful advocates in both houses.
This week's Cover Story for Bloomberg Businessweek: 'Workers Press for Power in Rare Advance for U.S. Labor Movement'
Read by Bloomberg's Mark Leydorf.
Along with the Great Resignation and #Striketober, jobless Americans are fighting for unemployment reform that could translate into lasting leverage
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