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California sets disaster relief, local officials urge protection for undocumented
April 24, 2020Among those feeling the sharpest impact from COVID-19 are undocumented immigrant workers facing partial or total unemployment because of the pandemic.
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Fire Fighters: FEMA shorting cities on protective gear
April 24, 2020The union has decided to blow the whistle on FEMA, publicly.
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Is it time to think about Unemployed Councils?
April 24, 2020Unemployed Councils cropped up in the 1930s during the Great Depression and again in the 1980s after mass layoffs. Do we need them again today?
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Sioux Falls Smithfield disaster reflects ongoing national battle
April 23, 2020Local AFL-CIO leader: "We all want to go back to work but to a workplace different from the one we left behind.”
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Progressive economists say unemployment rate now 18% as jobless claims hit 26.5 million
April 23, 2020The Economic Policy Institute calculates the real jobless rate is 18.3%, or one in every 5.5 workers.
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