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Unprecedented job losses infuriate Pa. workers as unemployment benefits can’t keep up: ‘We are getting desperate’

One of every five Pennsylvania workers has now filed for assistance as the economic wreckage from the coronavirus cascades across the country.

Joseph Andino with his wife, Sandra, and daughter, Regina, near their home in Philadelphia on April 15, 2020. Many of Pennsylvania's 1.3 million jobless workers are frustrated with the state's unemployment system.
Joseph Andino with his wife, Sandra, and daughter, Regina, near their home in Philadelphia on April 15, 2020. Many of Pennsylvania's 1.3 million jobless workers are frustrated with the state's unemployment system.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer
    by Andrew Maykuth
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