http://poststar.com/news/national/casino-closures-brings-mass-unemployment-filing/article_eef81524-339d-11e4-9936-001a4bcf887a.html
Carrying identification documents and bitterness over their sudden
joblessness, hundreds of ex-casino workers began filing for unemployment
Wednesday morning, the first attendees at an assistance center that
expects to process 5,000 newly laid-off workers over the next three
days.
The session at the Atlantic City Convention Center came
after a brutal weekend that saw two casinos, the Showboat and Revel,
close. Officials from the state Department of Labor and the main casino
workers' union, Local 54 of Unite-HERE, helped displaced workers file
for unemployment and gave them information on signing up for health
insurance and other benefits.
By mid-September, Atlantic City,
which started the year with 12 casinos, will be down to eight, and
almost 8,000 people will be out of work. Trump Plaza is closing Sept.
16, and the Atlantic Club shut down in January.
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