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What is 99ers?

The 99ers are those who exhausted all their unemployment benefits with a total of 99weeks including their unemployment extension. They were citizens of United States.

What are Steps Made by The US Gov’t to Help the 99ers?
A Senate bill S.3706 (The Americans Want To Work Act) introduced by Senator Debbie Stabenow on August 2010, if passed, will benefit those who have exhausted all of their benefits by providing an additional 20 weeks of unemployment benefits under a Tier 5. The S.3706 has an unemployment rate threshold of 7.5% which requires states to have an unemployment rate at 7.5% or higher to qualify. The bill was announced by Senator Stabenow on MSNBC’s The Ed Schultz Show. The bill is co-sponsored by Senators Charles Schumer, Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, Carl Levin, Bob Casey, Jr., Christopher Dodd, Sherrod Brown, Jack Reed, and Sheldon Whitehouse.

The proposed bill is designed to help 99ers by:

* Creating an additional tier of benefits for those who have exhausted their unemployment insurance.
* Extends the HIRE Act payroll tax exemption through the end of 2011.
* Doubles the general business tax credit to encourage businesses to hire the hardest hit Americans.

Tier 5 Unemployment Insurance (Under S.3706 Bill): Provides 20 weeks of additional unemployment insurance for states with 7.5% or higher unemployment. This tier will benefit the people who have exhausted all of their benefits.

Retroactive Eligibility: Would apply retroactively to everyone who has exhausted all of their previous tiers in recent months. However, benefits would not be paid retroactively. (Example: a claimant who exhausted his or her benefits three months ago would be eligible to begin Tier 5 at the date of enactment. He or she would not, however, be paid out for the three months in which no benefits were received. If a claimant is going to exhaust benefits in two weeks, he or she will move right onto Tier 5 and receive 20 weeks of benefits.)

99ers have responded to these and similar statements with their own stories of repeated and unsuccessful job hunting efforts where the number of applicants have far exceeded the available positions.The Economic Policy Institute’s data supports the 99ers’ and Mark Zandi’s position in their March 2010 report of an average of five applicants for each opening.

What are the organization made by 99ers?

The 99ers have begun to organize, both online and in rallies. There is an online petition with over 40,000 signatures.99ers have testified before Congress and have started numerous online sites from which to organize, meet others in their situation and to share links to resources.

A rally sponsored by Unemployed Workers Action Group took place on Wall Street in New York City on August 12, 2010 to support the S.3706 Tier 5 unemployment extension bill. It was held at Federal Hall, 26 Wall St., New York City. and was attended by MSNBC’s Ed Schultz and NYC’s Labor Commission Representative, John Noyes:

“Today on Wall Street, people who have been out of work for nearly

two years rallied to ask: where’s the recovery for the Middle Class? Today, I attended a rally of professional Americans who have been displaced by corporate greed and out-of-touch politicians; a passionate crowd of 99ers rallied at the Federal Hall, here in New York, in the shadow of Wall Street. They had one basic question: Where are the jobs? I’d like to tell these people that Washington is listening, but the reality is that members of Congress are back home trying to save their own jobs. You can see the passion in the eyes of the 99ers today. They just want a chance to work. That’s it.” Ed Schultz, MSNBC’s The Ed Show.

On Sept. 16, 2010 a coalition of numerous 99er activist groups was formed to become one large united force to lobby Washington to pass legislation that would add weeks of benefits for all those who had exhausted all benefits without yet finding a job. They called themselves the American 99ers Union and have held a number of campaigns in which they encouraged thousands of 99er activists to fax, call and email Congress in support of a Tier 5 or other method of adding extended benefits for 99ers.