Rep. Anna Eskamani said requests for assistance have eased from the peak of the pandemic, but the crisis remains dire for people facing eviction and homelessness.
Jun 3, 2021 | 3:52 PM
Tallahassee, FL – Floridians struggling since the start of the coronavirus pandemic are being forced to take jobs below their skill levels and at low wages as the state scales back unemployment assistance, opponents of reducing aid said Thursday. Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, along with officials from the Florida AFL-CIO and the Florida People’s Advocacy Center embarked on a long-shot effort to get Gov. Ron DeSantis to reverse a decision to stop providing $300 a week in federal unemployment assistance starting June 26. “We feel like we have no choice. We have to try, we have to try to convince the governor that this is the wrong move,” Rich Templin, legislative policy director for the Florida AFL-CIO, said during a videoconference. “And whether we convince him that it’s the wrong move politically, whether we convince him that it’s the wrong move economically, or whether we convince him that it is the wrong move morally, there are
Floridians struggling since the start of the coronavirus pandemic are being forced to take jobs below their skill levels and at low wages, as the state scales back unemployment assistance, opponents of reducing aid said Thursday.
Tallahassee, FL - Floridians struggling since the start of the coronavirus pandemic are being forced to take jobs below their skill levels and at low wages as the state scales back unemployment assistance, opponents of reducing aid said Thursday. Rep. .
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