Newly unemployed workers across the nation are applying for unemployment insurance in record numbers. But the unprecedented influx in applications has exposed a number of issues crippling state unemployment insurance programs at a time when communities are relying on these funds more than ever.
The COVID-19 pandemic shows why it’s critical to strengthen and adequately fund our state government programs, and that's why AFSCME members across the nation are calling on Congress to provide additional funding for state and local governments, like Ohio's Unemployment Insurance through ODJFS, in this next relief package. Read more.