Dozens of Texas business groups urge Gov. Abbott to end the extra $300 in federal unemployment pay
Dozens of Texas business groups urge Gov. Abbott to end the extra $300 in federal unemployment pay
The push comes as at least 16 other Republican-led states have announced they’ll rescind the added pay in hopes of forcing workers back into jobs.
A sign directs job candidates to a hiring event at Great Wolf Lodge Grapevine on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, in Grapevine. The job fair was held to fill more than 160 positions locally.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
3:06 PM on May 13, 2021 CDT
The Texas Association of Business and more than three dozen other business groups are pushing Gov. Greg Abbott to cut the additional $300 in federal benefits currently going to unemployed Texans.
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A hiring sign offers a $500 bonus outside a McDonalds restaurant, in Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pa., Wednesday, May 5, 2021. U.S. employers posted a record number of available jobs in March, starkly illustrating the desperation of businesses to hire more people as the economy expands. Yet total job gains increased only modestly that month, according to a Labor Department report issued Tuesday, May 11. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) Photo: Associated Press
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) â U.S. employers posted a record number of available jobs in March, illustrating starkly the desperation of businesses trying to find new workers as the country emerges from the pandemic and the economy expands.
May 12, 2021
A hiring sign offers a $500 bonus outside a McDonalds restaurant, in Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pa., Wednesday, May 5, 2021. U.S. employers posted a record number of available jobs in March, starkly illustrating the desperation of businesses to hire more people as the economy expands. Yet total job gains increased only modestly that month, according to a Labor Department report issued Tuesday, May 11. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. employers posted a record number of available jobs in March, illustrating starkly the desperation of businesses trying to find new workers as the country emerges from the pandemic and the economy expands.
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