Impediments to Reemployment

Kay Kusy-Eliassen

"I do feel a bit like I'm not giving back to society. I want to work. I don't like getting unemployment benefits." June 15, 2011 Read More »

Deborah Denenfeld

"In this country, it seems like you need to be either very rich or very poor and not in the middle." May 31, 2011 Read More »

Mark Moore

"Underemployment just means that you're spending your time working, not getting enough money to pay the bills..." May 16, 2011 Read More »

Barbara Dixon

"It's very hard to find a job. Most people are working part-time or working two jobs, trying to make ends meet." April 25, 2011 Read More »

Julie Taylor-Cooper

"I'm upset about it because I feel I worked all these years and, now, I don't have no medical insurance. I can't afford it." April 12, 2011 Read More »

Valentin, María Isabel _, & María _

"Here in the United States...it's for people who study...The fieldworker, no. There is no progress at all. You come out of it the same." March 8, 2011 Read More »

Sheila Cooper

"It's not like I'm 22 and just starting out and looking to move up the ladder. I just want a job that I can go to every day and earn a paycheck." March 8, 2011 Read More »

Virginia Montelongo

"I am living at a First Day Shelter in Whittier, Calif. I don't want to live out on the streets. I'll do what I have to do, until I find a job." February 28, 2011 Read More »

Darlene Palacios

"I think that's one of the huge issues. Benefits. They don't want to pay benefits." February 28, 2011 Read More »

Lorraine Contreras

"I don't have health; I don't have dental; I don't have medical. Everything I once had, I no longer have." February 23, 2011 Read More »