Demonstrators outside Gov. Tom Wolf's regional office in downtown Pittsburgh on April 14, 2021.
A small group of unemployed workers and activists protested downtown Wednesday outside of Gov. Tom Wolf’s regional office, asking the state pay more than 200,000 backlogged unemployment claims. The group was turned away by a building security guard when they attempted to deliver a letter with their demands to Wolf’s office.
“I'm a single mother of two children. I have been unemployed now for three months. I have gotten zero benefits or any information about when I will get these benefits,” said Kate Potter, who lives in Brighton Heights, and was among the demonstrators. “I don't know when this money is coming, I don't know how I'm going to pay my mortgage. I am terrified. This is unacceptable and I am not the only one, unfortunately.”