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National Employment Law Project @nelp.org · 8h

NELP Senior Policy Fellow @micheleevermore.bsky.social is ringing the warning bell that it's time to #fixUI BEFORE the next downturn. Her latest blog pinpoints the core fixes needed. www.nelp.org/a-vetted-sol...

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A Vetted Solution to Potential AI Job Loss - National Employment Law Project

It’s time to break the habit of waiting until we are deep in the throes of a crisis before we act.

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 8h

Initial claims just came out - another low of 197,000. Insured unemployment is just 1.1% when the latest unemployment figure is 4.1%. Because UI is so terrible in so many places, it is not serving as the workforce attachment tool it is supposed to. I expect disappointing LFP numbers next week.

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This week's initial unemployment claims of 197,000 isn't good news. Last week's 196k was revised up to 198k, but we are still looking at historically low numbers in people applying for UI. Yet jobs reports show low labor force participation. Real evidence that UI isn't working.

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The final DOL rule on UI data disclosure is out. Topline for me: "State UC agencies are largely already disclosing the information that this final rule codifies to the Department and DOL-OIG, minimizing any new costs." Seems like no new data disclosure.

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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

1/4 of unemployed workers have been searching for 27+ weeks. Add in discouraged job seekers & those involuntarily stuck in part-time work: a huge slice of the labor force is not where they want to be. @micheleevermore.bsky.social breaks down the hidden unemployment crisis on @marketplace.org

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Kleinman Center for Energy Policy @kleinmanenergy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

How should unemployment insurance adapt to a changing climate and economy? Join the EconClimate Lab for a webinar on how climate change and the clean energy transition are reshaping labor markets—and what these changes mean for the future of unemployment insurance. Register: bit.ly/4gMm0uO

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

With everyone talking about what to do about AI and mass job displacement, I would like to take a moment to remind folks about the tools we should be fixing anyway regardless of whether AI fears come true or not: www.nelp.org/a-vetted-sol...

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A Vetted Solution to Potential AI Job Loss - National Employment Law Project

It’s time to break the habit of waiting until we are deep in the throes of a crisis before we act.

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The US DOL just repealed the requirement that has been in place since the 1930s that staff for the Employment Service be selected on the basis of merit. Here is a very long treatise on why those rules existed and why it is a terrible idea to eliminate them: tcf.org/content/repo...

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Merit Staffing in State Employment Service and Unemployment Insurance Programs: Putting the Toothpaste Back into the Tube

We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation. Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt & carry into

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Why are people dropping out of the labor force? Unemployment insurance is a pain to get, so no longer serves as a tether for folks, and something like a third of all jobs advertised are fake.

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I have personal experience with Max Miller saying I said things that I did not say, with my written testimony that said the opposite right in front of him. Starts at 1:07:53: youtu.be/MnaVSCileKI

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Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing on Reclaiming Frozen Fraudulent Pandemic Unemployment Funds

YouTube video by Ways and Means Committee Republicans

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Initial claims for unemploymnet this week were 197,000. HIgher than last week, but still below 200,000. It is clear that the economy is not great and people are suffering, but they are still not applying for UI. This should be a wakeup call that we need this program to work.

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

When a third of job listings are fake, it's easy to understand why labor force participation is low. www.congress.gov/crs-product/...

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Business and professional services continue to trend up, while the Black youth unemployment rate is 26.8%. (It was 18.5% in March.) This is why we need to focus on addressing unemployment more broadly, not on a targeted AI-displacement focus.

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

This administration is trying to absolve itself of its responsibility to work with states to get them the tools they need to fight highly coordinated international criminals perpetrating increasingly sophisticated attacks. (thread below)

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

With all this talk about job displacement due to AI, I hope that @emilystewart.bsky.social is ready to dust off this banger, because it doesn't seem like we're ready to talk about UI yet: www.vox.com/the-goods/20...

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Why America’s unemployment system never gets fixed

Layoffs are hitting tech and media. A recession may be looming. What happens to everyone who loses their job?

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Any response plan to AI unemployment that doesn't start with fixing UI is bound to fail. Drill the tooth decay before putting the crown on it.

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I'm watching a panel on TAA for AI - it's so clear that we cannot focus on training if we don't fix unemployment insurance first. #fixUI

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Senators Warren and Wyden asking some good questions about benefits technology: www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Despite the years I have spent digging into the nuance and complexity that is the UI system, you may not realize that I am also somehow Master of the Spin. For reference, here is the exchange: www.youtube.com/live/MnaVSCi...

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Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing on Reclaiming Frozen Fraudulent Pandemic Unemployment Funds

YouTube video by Ways and Means Committee Republicans

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

UI fraud has been a real problem that states are spending a great deal of time and resources combatting. This administration is being counterproductive by politicizing it. Excellent story link in replies.

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Here is my collaboration with Will Raderman @niskanencenter.bsky.social to look into states that have adopted enhanced wage records and how that data can help UI agencies, as well as training and education efforts for workers. www.niskanencenter.org/the-case-for...

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The case for enhanced wage records: Lessons from states - Niskanen Center

There is already wide recognition among states of the value of additional data categories for analyzing state labor market dynamics.

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

When this is all over, I propose we establish a fund to pay damages to those illegally harmed by ICE, funded by assets seized from those responsible, and if they are no longer alive, their estates. Similar to what we did for Japanese American internees, but not 50 years later.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids? Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

It's great that Senators Warren and Sanders are on top of this!

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

The unemployment rate for Black Americans rose to 8.3% in November, the highest level since 2021 and a 2.1 percentage point increase from the start of this year

a graph of the unemployment rate by race/ethnicity

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

I wonder how DOGE feels not getting paid right now.

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

What's different than what has been explored before? “When DOGE is tweeting about UI data, that’s not good stewardship of [personally identifiable information],” Evermore said. www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...

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Labor Department looks to pilot intaking unemployment claims for states

The effort follows the department’s notice that it may create a national claims database, a move critics say raises cybersecurity, privacy and surveillance risks.

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Thank you, @epi.org for the number of workers in each state and district page! I've been using it all day helping to explain the shutdown and unemployment for federal workers. (Link in replies.)

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Tomorrow is going to be a big day for unemployment agencies even if the government doesn't shut down, because all the deferred resignation people will be trying to figure out if they are eligble.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

This article ran one day ago.

POLITICO
Carr splits from the GOP's social media crackdown after Kirk killing Amid anger over Charlie Kirk posts, a key Trump ally said the First Amendment protects online speech.

By JOHN HENDEL and BRENDAN BORDELON
09/16/2025 10:09 AM EDT

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments. that fox news host still has his job.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Pay attention. Something dark might be coming. The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent. 1/ Here's what's happening.

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The Century Foundation @tcfdotorg.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Today, The Century Foundation published a new report from three of the nation's leading experts on unemployment insurance: Sec. @juliesulabor.bsky.social, and @aimstettner.bsky.social and @micheleevermore.bsky.social—leaders of DOL’s Office of UI Modernization during the pandemic: go.tcf.org/ui

A graphic pointing to a tcf.org commentary, "Our Unemployment System Needs Modernizing: Trump is Doing the Opposite," written by former acting Sec. of Labor Julie Su, Andrew Stettner, and Michele Evermore, featuring a photo of construction workers and grayscale headshots of the authors.

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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Trump's Labor Dept. wants to create a national database of unemployment insurance claims. Expert @micheleevermore.bsky.social warns this will drain state budgets, expose workers' private wage data, and make fraud easier by centralizing all records in one system. news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/punching...

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Punching In: Trump’s Crackdown on UI Fraud Brings New Fraud Risk

The Department of Labor is creating a national database of unemployment insurance claims to crack down on fraud in the jobless aid system and a group is continuing its challenge of the EEOC’s pregnanc...

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

All of the alarm numbers that I look for in a jobs report are flashing red right now: Black unemployment is up nearly a point and a half from last year, marginally attached is up, U6 climbing, youth unemployment is 10.6% and Black youth unemployment is a stunning 24.8%. RAGE and tariffs are bad.

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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 01/09/2025

🚨 Join our next rally on September 5, the 143rd anniversary of Labor Day, to stand up for workers!

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Why is the White House embedding social media teams with FBI arrest teams? They wouldn't do that to go after undocumented cooks or teenage hooligans. (Link to story in comments.) Who are they going to arrest with the social media teams in tow?

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

West Virginia is sending 300-400 national guard to DC, South Carolina is sending 200, Ohio is sending 150. What's the plan here? Is there a resistance or what?

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surfer slacker stoner spy @briansantacruz.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Justice for sandwich bro!

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Tech friends: What kind of coding issue conveniently deletes parts of the Constitution that the current president is trying to work around? I'm not a coder, I need some help here.

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