American Rescue Plan

Acting Secretary Julie Su provides opening remarks at the UI Transformation Convening at the Frances Perkins Building on April 10, 2024.
Building on the momentum generated by historic American Rescue Plan Act investments in unemployment insurance modernization, the Department of Labor has released a comprehensive plan for transforming the unemployment insurance
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Filed in Employment and Training, Working families • By: Andrew Stettner •
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Here are five ways ARPA funding is modernizing the unemployment insurance system.
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Protecting Workers' Retirement: Q&A with Joe Pittman
We caught up with Joe Pittman II, a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, to share how the Special Financial Assistance program will benefit him
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Protecting Workers' Retirement: Q&A with Kenneth Stribling
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh joined President Biden, union workers and retirees in Ohio to announce the final rule implementing the American Rescue Plan’s Special Financial Assistance program.
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President Biden speaking from a podium during an event in Ohio.
Every person deserves to retire with dignity and receive the benefits they earned through their years of hard work.
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Filed in Employment and Training, Grants • By: Angela Hanks •
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden meets with Intel.
I joined the First Lady to hear from the colleges, businesses, students, and workers who have been positively impacted by the investments made in the American Rescue Plan Act.  
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Filed in Secretary Walsh • By: Secretary Marty Walsh •
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With an average growth of 750,000 jobs in the last three months and the lowest unemployment rate since the pandemic began, the Biden Administration is continuing to get Americans back
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Filed in Data and Technology, Employment Trends • By: Secretary Marty Walsh •
+850,000 jobs added. 5.9% unemployment rate.
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the American economy added 850,000 jobs in the month of June, and the unemployment rate was 5.9 percent, compared to 5.8 percent
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While we know that all workers in this country are entitled to certain protections under the law, we also know that too many don’t receive them. So we’re taking action.
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Filed in Data • By: Secretary Marty Walsh •
Secretary Marty Walsh stands with a cafe owner in PA chatting.
In May, we added 559,000 jobs to the economy, and the unemployment rate was 5.8% -- down from 6.1% in April, and the lowest it has been since March 2020.

It will take time and effort to heal this economy, but the May jobs data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows we’re headed in the right direction.

In May, we

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