Your Call 071309 Who are California's newly unemployed?

Who are the tens of thousands of people who have lost their jobs in California? On the next Your Call, we'll put a face on the unemployment numbers. California's unemployment rate in May hit 11.5%, its highest level since 1941. What resources are available to people who can't find jobs? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. Unemployment is expected to get worse. So what are the solutions? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Adrienne Suffin, chair of the Employment Development Department (EDD) Task Force

Lauren Appelbaum, research director for UCLA's Institute for Research on Labor and Employment

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