All Michigan workers want is to have a middle-class life with wages they can raise their families on. But for too long, anti-worker forces in the legislature have made that harder and harder.

Everyone experiences job loss at one time or another. Over 20 years ago, corporate lobbyists made it harder to apply for and receive unemployment benefits in the event of job loss.  Rick Snyder and his anti-worker legislature reduced Michigan’s unemployment benefit weeks to be six weeks shorter than surrounding states like Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota, and Illinois.

Even worse, pro-corporate forces capped the max weekly benefit amount at $362. This amount has not increased in 22 years. While other states update their laws to fairly compensate workers, Michigan lags behind.

Now Michigan has a pro-worker legislature that can finally give workers the unemployment benefit increase they deserve. Tell Michigan’s legislature to restore Michigan’s unemployment benefits to 26 weeks, increase the unemployment benefit amount, and adjust it annually to inflation by passing SB 40, SB 975, SB 981, and HB 5827.