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Activists demand federal action on unemployment
March 3, 2010
As the U.S. Senate prepares to take up a bill to extend the deadline for unemployment benefits through the end of the year, anti-hunger and labor advocates in Chicago want lawmakers to remember just how intensely people are struggling here in the Midwest.
Wednesday, Chicago Jobs With Justice (CJWJ) organized a "Senate Soup Kitchen" in Federal Plaza to dramatize the need for relief.
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VIDEO: Chicagoans visit the 'Senate Soup Kitchen'