Los Angeles Video Editor Documents the Perils of Unemployment

Just before his 99 weeks of Unemployment Insurance ran out in June, 58-year-old L.A. video editor Michael White launched the grassroots support website Unemployed Workers Action Group. As the U.S. Senate this week tries to finalize a tax cuts-UI extension deal that will not help him personally, White is staring at a very scary future.

His wife’s minimum wage job falls $500 short of the couple’s pared down monthly expenses, and White tells the St. Louis Beacon that if a job does not materialize soon, they will likely be evicted.

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