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• Visa Programs Suspended by Trump Administration

  President Trump Monday suspended a number of immigration visa programs affecting tech workers and students, among others. The White House says the move will help get Americans back to work, as the economy continues to reel from 40 million virus-related job losses.  But critics say freezing the visas is an election-year political move that will hurt US businesses, particularly in Silicon Valley.  We’ll get the details.

  Guests:

  Rachael Myrow, senior editor, KQED’s Silicon Valley News Desk

  Daniel Costa, director of immigration law and policy research, Economic Policy Institute

  Kalpana Peddibhotla, attorney, Matthews & Peddibhotla PC

  KQED News June 25, 2020
• Nearly 1.1 million Americans on unemployment face risky jobless period

  “Far more people would be left completely with nothing if Congress hadn’t implemented PEUC,” said Heidi Shierholz, director of policy at the Economic Policy Institute. “The fact that 1 million people are already on it underscores just how important it was that Congress started that program.”

  CNBC June 25, 2020
• The shape of our recovery

  The bottom line: “We don’t have a word for being in a depressed economy that’s growing,” says Heidi Shierholz, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute.

  Axios June 25, 2020
• Think that extra $600 in unemployment benefits will last until the end of July? Think again.

  “We’ve all being saying it’s July 31st, but it’s not,” says Heidi Shierholz, senior economist and director of policy for the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.

  USA Today June 25, 2020
• A lack of child care is keeping women on unemployment rolls

  “It’ll be crucial that that investment is made so that these are actually decent jobs for the people who are holding them,” said Shierholz, now policy director at the Economic Policy Institute.

  Politico June 25, 2020
• A un mes para que culmine aumento de $600 semanales por desempleo, expertos anticipan lo peor

  Para Heidi Shierholz, del Economic Policy Institute, el aumento de seguro por desempleo fue la mejor parte del plan de recuperación por coronavirus aprobado bajo CARES Act tanto “humanitariamente como en fundamentos económicos”.

  El Diario June 25, 2020
• Arizona jobless rate drops sharply, but still at twice pre-COVID levels

  But while the outlook is optimistic, the gains are not being enjoyed evenly, said Elise Gould, senior economist for the Economic Policy Institute, who said white workers are benefiting disproportionately.

  “An increase in jobs is a positive sign but a concern that isn’t broadly shared is the Black unemployment rate showed no improvement nationally, it actually increased,” Gould said.

  Cronkite News June 25, 2020
• The case for higher wages during coronavirus recession: EPI

  Raising the minimum wage during the coronavirus pandemic is smart policy, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Yahoo Finance’s Sibile Marcellus joins Akiko Fujita to discuss.

  Yahoo Finance June 25, 2020
• Donald Trump right to suspend guest worker visas — American STEM workers deserve to work

  According to the Economic Policy Institute, 60% of the H-1B positions in the fiscal year 2019 were at a wage lower than the local average wage. Increasingly, H-1Bs are used less to secure hard-to-find competencies than they are to subvert the American worker market to get foreign labor at a discount.

  Detroit Free Press June 25, 2020
• Mass Arbitration, Más Problems: Class-Action Procedures May Guide Solutions to Issues in Mass Arbitrations

  According to a study of one bank’s arbitration program completed by the Economic Policy Institute, individual arbitration results in the average employee-claimant paying the bank US$11,000.[11] As such, the employees’ incentive to attempt to gain an advantage on a group-wide scale should not be underestimated. Where the average claimant can end up owing US$11,000 in some contexts, it is no surprise that employees and employees’ counsel are looking for ways to harness the negotiating power of mass arbitration.

  The National Law Review June 25, 2020