Pennsylvania has distributed billions of dollars in unemployment benefits since the pandemic started, though some people say they are still waiting for their claims to be resolved.
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By
Kate Giammarise May 6, 2021
Two dozen people in Philadelphia call on the state to process their unemployment applications during a protest on May 6, 2021. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)
Protesters, including a number of Democratic state lawmakers, called on Gov. Tom Wolf Thursday to pay unemployment benefits to hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians who have been left without support for months as their claims languish in a growing backlog.
The protests in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh came a day after other advocates called on the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry to postpone its upcoming plans to modernize the computer system that handles unemployment claims until later in the year, when fewer people are collecting unemployment, for a smoother transition.
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