Unemployment in Oregon Potential long-term benefits extension raises hope for thousands!!

An estimated 17,000 out-of-work Oregonians lost their weekly benefits at once, when a federal program expired at the start of 2014. On top of the workers whose benefits were cut off, another 9,200 Oregon workers --and counting -- have run out of state-funded unemployment insurance since January. The weekly state payments run out after six months. More than one-third of Oregon’s unemployed had been out of work for a half-year or longer at the close of 2013. Others have left the job market altogether because they faced such poor job prospects. What is clear, though, is that a growing number of people could be affected.
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