Dozens of Avondale residents are spending the Thanksgiving holiday away from home after they were displaced from their apartment building earlier this month.
Sandra Bookman has more on what it is and why we celebrate it.
Now, two recently unemployed women both mothers are making some tough choices as they care for their families. I loved my job, Leslie Chiaramonte said. I worked really hard for the position I had, and it didn t matter.
Stephanie Kinley feels her pain. Where you fought to get at, you have now fight to try to get back to where we were, she said. And it s no fault of your own.
They are both out of work because of COVID, as they needed to care for their children learning at home.
Mara Bolis, with Oxfam America, says childcare is part of infrastructure. Do you know that we put in the Cares Act, we put more money into Delta airlines than we did into the entire childcare sector? she said. We do not expect anyone to go to work without a road on which to drive to work. That s where we have to get to. We have to get to recognizing the fact that childcare is essential infrastructure that deserves investment, and it will garner returns in terms of GDP growth, in terms of wages, and in terms of tax revenue.
Another indicator is American history. A century ago, after the 1918 flu pandemic, the roaring 20s brought the economy back to life as people celebrated and traveled. Businesses boomed, and spending and jobs took off.
Thousands of New Jersey residents finally receive unemployment benefits
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NEW JERSEY (WABC) The stories will break your heart. A young mom selling her car to buy diapers for her toddler. Another woman sending her son away, like during the Great Depression, because she can no longer afford him.
They have all been waiting since last year for thousands in unemployment money owed by the state of New Jersey.
But finally, there s some good news from 7 On Your Side s Nina Pineda who has been battling for the benefits for weeks.
The majority of people 7 On Your Side featured from The New Jersey Unemployment Group Facebook page got their benefits of more than $30,000 and counting after delays of more than two months.
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