June 9, 2020

Immigrant women workers on the front lines of meatpacking COVID-19 outbreaks speak out

Leave a Comment / Working Women, workplace safety / By max cyril

Coverage of COVID-19 outbreaks in North Carolina poultry processing plants began with an online tip, but soon multiple workers came forward—risking their livelihoods—to talk about the unsafe working conditions they faced inside the plants. All of them were women. One of those women is Luz. The 38-year-old immigrant from Mexico has spent the last four years working …

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Thousands of health workers lose jobs in COVID crisis, while major hospital chains get richer

Leave a Comment / Bailout, health care / By max cyril

Congress provided $100 billion in emergency funding to hospitals to respond to the coronavirus crisis in the CARES Act passed back in March. That was supposed to provide about $108,000 per hospital bed across the country, to help hospitals meet the resource gap they were experiencing and to ramp up infrastructure to meet the coming demand. The …

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How the U.S. economic response could change as people go back to work

Leave a Comment / economy, unemployment / By max cyril

Despite the drop in the unemployment rate in May, many economists feel further aid is needed. As Congress debates whether to allocate further relief to shore up the U.S. economy and get workers back on their feet, the unemployment rate has suddenly and unexpectedly fallen. Here’s a look at how the new numbers are shaping …

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Immigrant women workers on the front lines of meatpacking COVID-19 outbreaks speak out

Thousands of health workers lose jobs in COVID crisis, while major hospital chains get richer

How the U.S. economic response could change as people go back to work

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