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SCOTT WALKER TO LOOK AT UNEMPLOYMENT COMP BENCHMARKS
WPR News - Scott Walker to look at unemployment comp benchmarks
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Wednesday September 28, 2011
by Chuck Quirmbach
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(Photo by
Chuck Quirmbach)
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(MILWAUKEE) Gov. Scott Walker says he's looking at whether people on unemployment compensation are trying hard enough to make a quick return to the workplace.
Walker met with business executives in Milwaukee at one of the governor's new by-invitation only jobs forums. Several executives told Walker that they have job openings, but contend some people who are out of work would rather take unemployment comp for as long as they can, rather than get hired. Walker says he supported the recent extension of unemployment benefits, but wants to see if people who get the aid are meeting enough of the requirements of the compensation program.
A laid-off factory worker from Kenosha says it's a slap in the face to hear employers say they can't find enough people to fill jobs, and then blame the unemployment compensation system. Scott Page says making the jobless hit another benchmark to get an unemployment check would be wrong,
Page says he sometimes comes to meetings of the labor-backed Wisconsin Jobsnow Coalition, which attracted about 40 people to a sidewalk protest outside Gov. Walker's appearance in Milwaukee.
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