Economics
Nightmare at 30,000 feet: Airline workers face layoffs with no Heroes Act
October 5, 2020“My life is in boxes. My health care is gone. My eyes are on the unemployment screen, and Rand Paul is standing in the way of my future,” said flight attendant Alyssa Snapp.
Read moreMillions kicked off unemployment, but Senate Republicans still won’t renew $600
September 24, 2020Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has killed the House-passed HEROES Act, which would have reinstated the $600 federal unemployment benefit and extended them through Jan. 31.
Read moreAfter getting government paycheck support, Opera Australia institutes mass layoffs
September 23, 2020As management slashes jobs, performers and members of the company declare: "No opera without us."
Read moreTrudeau parades as workers’ defender, but Canada’s unemployed face ‘disaster capitalism’
September 15, 2020With a minority government in the midst of a pandemic and the worst economic crisis in a century, the Liberals are vulnerable to pressure from labor and the left.
Read more1 of every 5 U.S. workers on jobless benefits, millions likely uncounted
September 3, 2020Who’s getting the aid during the coronavirus-caused depression, and for how long, is highly politicized.
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