Author: Unemployed Workers Union

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Unemployed Workers Union: We’ll continue to fight!

November 5, 2021 Unemployed Workers Union
Nov. 3 — The Unemployed Workers Union strongly disagrees with Circuit Court Judge John Nugent’s order to dismiss our lawsuit, Harp v. Hogan, which addressed the State of Maryland’s failure to distribute much-needed federal and […]
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Unemployed Workers Union wins court victory: ‘We will continue to fight’

July 18, 2021 Unemployed Workers Union
July 13: The Unemployed Workers Union is encouraged by today’s decision by Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Lawrence Fletcher-Hill to grant a preliminary injunction to halt Governor Hogan’s plan to end federal pandemic benefits early.  Along […]
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Unemployed Workers Union condemns halt of federal benefits

June 4, 2021 Unemployed Workers Union
June 2 — We condemn Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s abrupt decision to curtail federal pandemic unemployment benefits early, giving the unemployed just one month’s notice. Just weeks earlier, the State Labor Department said that Maryland […]