Thanks to these firms and organizations who generously supported our annual Party for the Friends of ULP (click on their logos to visit their websites):

Here is a story from July 15-16, 2012, in the Seattle Times about the continuing high levels of unemployment in Washington State, especially in rural Eastern Washington and its four major cities. The article is by the Times’ business reporter, Karl Baker: Jobless picture darkens in E. Wash. metro areas, bucking national trend

Photos by Susan West, Communications Director, Washington State Association for Justice:

Thanks to all our friends, volunteers, donors, clients, and staff who attended our Second Annual “Party for the Friends of ULP” last night at FareStart in Seattle. Attendance was great and it was fun to see lots of old friends get reacquainted. ULP appreciates the friendship, the support, the good will, and the financial contributions [...]

The Kids Count Data Center, a website initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, gathered data at the end of May 2012 regarding 2011 unemployment rates, including those in Washington. The data show undeniably that today, and historically, unemployment rates have been higher among black and Hispanic people in the United States and in [...]

The Economic Policy Institute, on June 6, 2012, published a study online showing the marked relationship between economic inequality and union membership. In the 1920’s union membership was low and economic inequality high. Starting in the mid-1930’s, union membership rose and inequality declined. But since the 1970’s the trend has been in [...]

A recent report from the Urban Institute analyzed the impact of age differences in unemployment and re-employment during the Great Recession. The very interesting report concluded, in part, as follows: “Older workers were less likely than younger workers to lose their jobs during the Great Recession , but those [older workers] who became unemployed [...]

ULP hosted a volunteer and donor appreciation party last night, June 21, 2011, at FareStart in Seattle.  We appreciated the many former volunteers, donors, staff members, and friends from the civil legal aid community who attended!  The FareStart staff did a fabulous job in set up and in taking care of all of us during [...]

The “official” unemployment rate which now sits at 9.4% nationally is likely to stay above 8% for at least the next two years, at least according to an article today (Jan. 7, 2011) in the New York Times, “Job Report Signals a Long Haul for Recovery,” by Michael Powell and Sewell Chan. The article [...]