AUGUSTA (AP) — More than 17,000 unemployment recipients in Maine could be cut off in the weeks and months ahead as federal emergency extended-benefits programs come to an end.
Maine Labor Commissioner Robert Winglass says the state is preparing for expiration of the programs, which provide additional weeks of jobless benefits to workers who exhaust regular state unemployment benefits without finding new employment.
Winglass says the Labor Department's Career Centers are adding workshops and increasing outreach to unemployment recipients. Each center will double up on job search seminars and resume workshops to help people find new jobs.
The state unemployment program provides up to 26 weeks of benefits.
The last week for jobless benefits under the extended benefits program is the week ending Jan. 14.
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Instead of adding workshops
Instead of adding workshops and outreach, why don't our leaders do something to increase the availability of good paying jobs, and the preparation to fill them here in Maine. Re-establishment of vocational training and apprenticeship programs would be a decent start.
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I have known of several people that have taken advantage of the extended benefits so that they didn't have to go out and find a job. Now just maybe they'll have to get out and be forced to do something. I'm tired of hearing people are above working at fast food restraunts, etc. Working at McD's or Burger King, etc, doesn't mean you're some brainless person....it means you're working for a living!!!
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