unemployment
Back to work, or else: Trump administration tells states to pull unemployment benefits
May 15, 2020The Trump Labor Department is telling employers to report on workers who won't go back to unsafe workplaces - and telling states to yank their unemployment benefits.
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How a teenager in the ’60s South became a Communist
May 15, 2020Scott Marshall tells how the Civil Rights Movement motivated him to spend his life fighting for the right of every worker to either a job or an income.
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U.S. pandemic unemployment grows again, but so does the number of billionaires
May 14, 2020Progressive analysts at the Economic Policy Institute predict jobless figures will only get worse, especially for low-wage workers, women workers, and workers of color.
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30 million jobs lost so far, but many workers can’t access unemployment benefits
May 4, 2020The Economic Policy Institute says the real number is even higher.
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Young Communists lead jobs drive in Vietnam for the unemployed
May 4, 2020More than 10,000 people have found work in Hanoi thanks to a Communist-led initiative for students and young people made jobless by the crisis.
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