Orgs Aiding People With Unemployment Benefits Options

[Ross Russell]

Workers Defense League, Inc.
275 Seventh Avenue, 15th floor, New York, NY 10001
(212) 627-1931
Fax: (212) 627-4628
The Workers Defense League assists workers with work related problems and conducts educational campaigns around various workers' rights issues. The Workers Defense League provides free representation to hundreds of people who are believed to have been unfairly denied unemployment insurance benefits after losing or leaving their jobs.


Unemployment Action Center, Inc.
240 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012
(212) 998-6568
The Unemployment Action Center, Inc. (UAC) is a non-profit, student-run organization devoted to the representation of unemployment insurance claimants in New York City and Long Island. Students provide free legal services to individuals seeking unemployment benefits. Student advocates represent claimants in front of Administrative Law Judges in Department of Labor hearings.