June 10, 2021

IN 21 STATES ENDING ALL PANDEMIC UI PROGRAMS EARLY, 3 IN 4 WILL LOSE ALL JOBLESS AID

Leave a Comment / Department of Labor, Pandemic, Uncategorized, unemployment / By max cyril

Nearly 4 Million Workers to Lose Lifeline Unemployment Payments Starting June 12 NATIONWIDE — In the 21 states ending early their participation in all federal pandemic unemployment programs, three quarters of the workers now receiving jobless aid—nearly 2.3 million people—will be left with no state or federal jobless aid at all, according to a new analysis released …

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Volvo Workers in Virginia Vote Down Bad Contract by 90 Percent—Again

Leave a Comment / Strike, unions / By max cyril

Auto workers at Volvo’s truck plant in southwest Virginia have just voted down a concessionary contract by 90 percent—for the second time. Now they’re back on strike. “The International union has been down here twice for town halls,” said Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2069 member Rhonda Sisk. “Each time we say ‘take it back, it’s …

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Los Deliveristas Speak: How Delivery Workers Are Organizing to Take On the Apps

Leave a Comment / Collective Bargaining, Uncategorized, unions / By max cyril

More than 2,000 food couriers snarled traffic in Times Square through pouring rain in protest April 21 demanding better working conditions and protection from violent assaults. The mass demonstration was organized by Los Deliveristas Unidos, a loose network of immigrant gig workers that was born in the strife of the pandemic last year through online chat …

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U.S. added 559,000 jobs in May and unemployment dropped to 5.8%

Leave a Comment / economy, Jobs, unemployment / By max cyril

After a disappointing April jobs report, May looked significantly better with 559,000 new jobs added to the economy, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s still a little short of the 650,000 jobs analysts predicted, but unemployment ticked down from 6.1% to 5.8%, the lowest since the coronavirus pandemic began in March 2020. “America is on the …

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Amazon is crushing Walmart in one metric: The rate of serious injuries in its warehouses

How Cuts to Unemployment Benefits Will Hurt Rural People

Leave a Comment / Rural America, unemployment / By max cyril

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Republican governors in at least 22 states are ending federal unemployment assistance. The cuts will hit hard in rural areas and communities of color. After Lisa Wilkinson, 54, got laid off from her factory job in December 2019, she knew it would be difficult to …

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