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Working parents cannot return to their jobs if they can’t afford diapers

Leave a Comment / Working parents / By max cyril

It’s not yet clear if the forms of economic activity resuming in most states will quickly reduce the nation’s high unemployment rates, but one thing is certain: it won’t happen without diapers. Most child care operators will not accept a baby or toddler unless parents supply disposable diapers. This has always been a barrier to employment for …

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Among those who got PPP loans: Washington lobbying firms

Leave a Comment / Federal loans / By max cyril

More than two dozen lobbying, public affairs and consulting firms got loans designed to help small businesses weather the pandemic. More than two dozen Washington lobbying, public affairs and consulting firms received loans from the federal government to help them weather the pandemic, according to data released on Monday by the Small Business Administration. Firms …

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Employment won’t recover for a decade, CBO says

Leave a Comment / Employment / By max cyril

The economic outlook for the next 10 years has “deteriorated significantly” since the CBO issued its last complete set of projections in January. The nation’s unemployment rate will remain stubbornly higher for the next decade than it was before the pandemic, while economic output will be depressed for years under current tax and spending policy, …

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Minimum wage rises some places, but it’s still the COVID-19 economy

Leave a Comment / MinimumWage / By max cyril

Unemployment remains sky-high (no matter what Donald Trump tries to tell you), and four million workers have had their pay or hours cut due to the pandemic. For people who are still on the job, there’s some good news in some cities and states in the form of minimum wage increases that went into effect on July 1. In Illinois, …

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‘It’s all backwards-looking’: June’s positive jobs data obscures a grimmer reality

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Thursday’s jobless data failed to capture the latest devastation, economists say. Thursday’s monthly jobs numbers look great on paper: 4.8 million jobs were added in June as states reopened. But those numbers are a deceiving bump — with the resurgence of the virus and a fresh wave of shutdowns, the reality of the job market is …

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Economy Gains 4.8 Million Jobs in June; Unemployment Declines to 11.1%

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The U.S. economy gained 4.8 million jobs in June, and the unemployment rate declined to 11.1%, according to figures released Thursday morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The improvements reflect the continued resumption of economic activity that previously was curtailed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month’s biggest job gains were in leisure and hospitality (+2.1 million), retail trade (740,000), …

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Immigration agency warns of furloughs amid cash crunch

Leave a Comment / furloughs / By max cyril

USCIS says it’s facing a $1.2 billion shortfall, but lawmakers say they’re still waiting on a detailed budget breakdown from the White House. The agency charged with administering the nation’s immigration system is facing a $1.2 billion budget shortfall that it says will force thousands of furloughs in the coming weeks absent an emergency cash …

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Labor Secretary Scalia Wrongly Rejects Federal Role in Enforcing Unemployment Rights of Workers Who Refuse Unsafe Work

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

The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the structural challenges that have plagued the nation’s unemployment insurance (UI) system for decades. Reduced federal funding starved the program of the resources needed to upgrade its antiquated IT infrastructure, causing state systems to slow to a crawl and crash amid the unprecedented volume of claims over the last …

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Local unions defy AFL-CIO in push to oust police unions

Corporations & the Pandemic Killing Fields; Taking a Cleaver to the Pentagon Budget

Leave a Comment / corporations / By max cyril

Big companies don’t give a second thought to making big profits during the COVID-19 pandemic even if that means thousands of workers—and their families—will get sick and die from the virus. Actually, it’s a feature not a bug, no pun intended—in food processing, all those workers who make sure you get beef or chicken on …

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