People protest at Capitol against Kansas Department of Labor
Several tell KMBC they have not received unemployment payments in months Share Updated: 4:29 PM CST Feb 19, 2021
Several tell KMBC they have not received unemployment payments in months Share Updated: 4:29 PM CST Feb 19, 2021
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Show Transcript HEAR THEIR MESSAGE. HERE AT THE KANSAS STATE CAPITOL IN TOPEKA THERE WEREN’T THAT MANY PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP TO A PROTEST AGAINST THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, BUT THOSE THAT DID HAD VERY COMPELLING STORIES. IT’S JUST VERY STRESSFUL. I HAVE THREE KIDS. THIS IS PEOPLE LOSING THEIR LIVELIHOODS THEIR HOMES SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE NOT RECEIVED A CHECK FROM THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR IN MONTHS GOVERNOR KELLY AND HER CONSTITUENTS WANT TO GET TOGETHER AND SEND ME A MORTGAGE PAYMENT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT I DON’T SEE THAT HAPPENING PEOPLE. HOURS A DAY CALLING THE DEPARTMENT’S HOTLINE, BUT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE CALLING THEY CANNOT