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Biden signs executive orders aimed at combating hunger, protecting workers

Leave a Comment / Pandemic, President Biden / By max cyril

President Joe Biden signed two executive orders on Friday aimed at fighting hunger, protecting American workers and providing economic relief to families whose jobs and livelihoods have been destroyed by the coronavirus pandemic. The measures ask agencies across the government to expand, extend and at times re-examine guidelines to find ways to provide further aid …

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REPORT: The Recovery Act, Unsung Hero of the Year

Leave a Comment / Stimulus / By max cyril

Marking the first anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the SEIU is releasing a new report today analyzing the social and economic impact of the Recovery Act. This report explains what the aggregate numbers on economic growth and job creation fail to illustrate–how the Recovery Act helped counter the recession by protecting …

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With A Third of Workers at Risk of Job Losses, Progressives Launch New Drive For More Aid (VIDEO)

Leave a Comment / economy, job search / By max cyril

With heavy defections from Blue Dog Democrats, the House of Representatives still narrowly passed Wednesday evening 217 to 212 a $154 billion jobs package. It included funds for states to retain front-line workers, aid to the unemployed and transportation projects. But a jobs bill has yet to be voted on in the Senate, where it’s …

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Stimulus and Jobs: We Can Do Better

Leave a Comment / job search, unemployment / By max cyril

The Obama administration came out with its first set of numbers on the jobs impact of its stimulus package. It’s pretty much along the lines of what was predicted. To date, the package has created close to one million jobs. That is good news, but in an economy with more than 15 million unemployed workers, …

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Minimum Wage Raises Us All

Leave a Comment / MinimumWage / By max cyril

Over the past few weeks, I’ve explored a variety of proposals for additional federal stimulus measures. The federal government could make greater investments in repairing public infrastructure; fund the construction of affordable housing; extend tax credits to employers who increase employee health coverage; provide incentives for states to expand access to food stamps, welfare, and …

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Newsworthy But Not Sexy

Leave a Comment / health care / By max cyril

If you are a reporter and reading this, try this exercise: you’re a single parent; you have two children, ages two and seven; you have a high school diploma. Write yourself a budget: give yourself a job in line with your qualifications (with a typical salary), then figure out how much a typical apartment in …

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Congress Enacts Robust Whistleblower Protections to Prevent Fraud in Stimulus Spending

Leave a Comment / whistleblower / By max cyril

The economic stimulus bill passed by Congress on February 12, 2009 includes robust whistleblower protections to ensure that employees of private contractors and state and local governments can disclose waste, fraud, gross mismanagement or a violation of law related to stimulus funds. This article summarizes the key provisions of Senator McCaskill’s (D-Mo.) whistleblower protection amendment …

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