unemployment
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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Tenants of big landlords striking nationwide on May Day
April 30, 2020The landlords being targeted are the big hedge funds realty firms that own or fund tens of thousands of units nationwide – and that so far seem to have turned a deaf ear to their tenants’...
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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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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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