unemployment – People's World

6.5 million people fell off cliff when unemployment supplemental expired Sept. 4

October 1, 2021 By PAI

Congress enacted those pandemic aid programs when the coronavirus trashed the economy.

Now on Newsom’s desk: social justice, ethnic studies, worker protections, and payments

September 17, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

Some 900 bills improving conditions for the majority in California await the governor’s signature.

Unemployed workers face hardship, desperation as benefits run out

September 7, 2021 By Blake Skylar

Sudden end to aid can cause great damage to the entire economy as the recovery is jolted by a surge in the Delta variant of the coronavirus.

Organizing is a necessity: A political history of the Hamilton Unemployed Union

August 24, 2021 By Terry Fraser And Sam Hammond

In the summer of 1981, Canada’s economy was in a recession, with unemployment hitting 11%. It didn't seem like the best time to try and organizer workers.

Election Day 2020 should have mimicked 1932. What went wrong?

August 13, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

While a broad coalition beat back GOP control in several branches of government last year, progressive majorities don’t match the ones we had in 1932.