rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/cancel-work-search-louisiana?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-cancel-work-search-louisiana' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Step Up Louisiana https://actionnetwork.org/groups/step-up-louisiana https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/193/030/normal/Work_searchh_.png As Louisiana faces some of the highest rates of coronavirus infection in the nation, the Louisiana Workforce Commission is forcing unemployed Louisiana workers to start proving they’re trying to find work or lose their unemployment benefits. The pandemic—not unemployment insurance—is what’s keeping people from their jobs. But forcing people to look for work before the pandemic is under control risks workers’ health. And putting bureaucratic hurdles in front of people struggling to get by simply makes no sense. That’s why Congress allowed states to suspend work search rules to begin with, and why Gov. Edwards wisely suspended those rules here earlier in the pandemic. Tell Gov. Edwards to suspend Louisiana’s work search rules immediately. Our state should be working to get this virus under control so that workers can go back to their jobs, not finding ways to cut unemployed workers off from help. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-work-search-louisiana