economy
GOP convention claims coronavirus pandemic is over and economy is booming
August 26, 2020At President Donald Trump’s Republican convention, he is welcoming to immigrants, not the architect of some of the nation’s harshest anti-immigration policies.
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Unemployment forum: ‘Bosses will throw you away’ when they’re done with you
August 19, 2020Organizing unemployed workers is no easy task, but that’s exactly what some experienced activists came together to strategize for at a forum co-sponsored by People’s World and Organizing Upgrade.
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U.S. the world leader in both health and economic disaster
August 13, 2020Country suffers highest number of coronavirus infections and highest unemployment rate of any developed nation.
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San Francisco Giants and Golden State Warriors give stadium workers the boot
August 10, 2020Curiously, I got canned on the very same day I got my last $600-per-week pandemic unemployment payment. That $600 is bye-bye now, courtesy of the Republicans in the Senate.
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Historic freefall: Economy shrinks by 33 percent, 2M more jobless
July 30, 2020Without passage of the Heroes Act the unprecedented shrinking of the U.S. economy can get worse.
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