Letter: Labor agency woeful in stranding jobless

It is disgraceful that the state and its Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) are so incapable of meeting the needs of thousands of unemployed workers on Maui following the fire disasters. We are four weeks beyond the Aug. 8 fires on Maui, and DLIR has not gone fully into emergency mode or sent necessary personnel to Maui to enroll those qualified to receive unemployment compensation.

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