{"id":9133,"date":"2025-03-06T07:52:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T13:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/?p=9133"},"modified":"2025-03-06T07:52:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T13:52:00","slug":"dont-let-missouri-legislators-cut-your-unemployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/2025\/03\/06\/dont-let-missouri-legislators-cut-your-unemployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Let Missouri Legislators Cut Your Unemployment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Louis Labor Tribune lets us know what is going on in Jefferson City with <a href=\"https:\/\/labortribune.com\/missouri-afl-cio-monitoring-bill-to-cut-unemployment-benefits-from-20-weeks-to-eight\/\">Missouri AFL-CIO monitors bill to cut unemployment benefits from 20 weeks to 8 weeks<\/a>.\u00a0 Below is a sample letter you are invited to copy or edit and send to your Missouri State Representative and State Senator.\u00a0 You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.house.gov\/representatives\/find-your-representative\">find your State Representative contact information here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.mo.gov\/legislookup\/default\">your State Senator by clicking here<\/a>. Just enter your address and the site will direct you to your legislator.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the letter I sent to my State Representative, feel free to copy or edit as you see fit.<\/p>\n<p>Dear Representative Banderman,<\/p>\n<p>It is my understanding that the Senate has begun consideration of a bill to reduce unemployment benefits from 20 weeks to 8 weeks depending on the unemployment rate.<\/p>\n<p>Unemployment is a very individual circumstance depending not just on the macroeconomic condition but specific skills, industry trends, and management practices.<\/p>\n<p>Please consider voting against this legislation should it appear before you.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Darin Gilley<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/no-money-2070384_1280-300x169.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(image via Pixabay)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Louis Labor Tribune lets us know what is going on in Jefferson City with Missouri AFL-CIO monitors bill to cut unemployment benefits from 20 weeks to 8 weeks.\u00a0 Below is a sample letter you are invited to copy or edit and send to your Missouri State Representative and State Senator.\u00a0 You can find [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[804],"class_list":["post-9133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-labor-laws","tag-unemployment"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9134,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9133\/revisions\/9134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}