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• Buying American means better quality and more jobs, but that’s not all

  Jobs – The most common reason given is to save or create jobs in America. In the last decade, nearly 6 million manufacturing jobs have been lost. According to the Economic Policy Institute, for every 100 manufacturing jobs lost, there are 744.1 indirect jobs lost.

  Sapulpa Times May 28, 2020
• Commentary: Let America Work Again

  The Economic Policy Institute earlier this month found 60 percent of H-1B positions certified by the U.S. Department of Labor are assigned wage levels well below the local median wage for the occupation. This sad fact is an open secret among H-1B employers.

  Michigan Star May 28, 2020
• Coronavirus: How the US death toll came to hit 100,000

  Less than 30 per cent of Americans were able to work from home, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Among that group, only 16 per cent of Latino workers and less than 20 per cent of black workers are able to telework.

  The Independent May 28, 2020
• Coronavirus will likely have a long-term impact on older workers. Here are the 14 jobs that have the highest share of workers age 55 and over.

  A blog post from the Economic Policy Institute also notes that older workers have less time to save for retirement after losing their jobs and returning to the workforce, and often have to take pay cuts when they do find work, because their skills may seem inapplicable. Research by AARP finds the age cohort is also “highly vulnerable to layoffs in times of economic uncertainty.”

  Business Insider May 28, 2020
• COVID-19 en el mundo: Estados Unidos alcanza los 100.000 fallecidos; Brasil se convierte en el país con más muertes diarias por el coronavirus

  A diferencia de otros países que concentraron la gestión sanitaria de la pandemia en su sistema de salud pública, Estados Unidos no posee esta estructura y su población está acostumbrada a evitar los hospitales y largas internaciones para no contraer deudas de miles de dólares. A mediados de mayo, el centro de pensamiento Economic Policy Institute calculó que al menos 16,2 millones de personas se quedaron sin cobertura médica cuando perdieron su trabajo en medio de la pandemia.

  Cuba Debate May 28, 2020
• Credit, Coronavirus, And Your 401(k): How To Weather The Storm

  Just how ill-prepared? Half of American families aged 56 to 61 have less than $21,000 in retirement savings, according to a study from the Economic Policy Institute, and 40% of older Americans now rely solely on social security as their only source of income in retirement, according to a report from the National Institute on Retirement Security.

  Forbes May 28, 2020
• The extra $600 Americans receive in weekly unemployment benefits ends in July — how that could cost the U.S. more jobs

  But decreasing those benefits could cost the country even more jobs on top of the historic 40 million jobs that have already been wiped away by the coronavirus pandemic, Heidi Shierholz, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think-tank based in Washington, D.C., said.

  “If the extra $600 unemployment benefit expires, millions of Americans will have less money to spend in stores, and that could ultimately lead to more unemployment.” — Heidi Shierholz, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute

  MarketWatch May 28, 2020
• Jennifer Carroll Foy Jumps Into Virginia Governor’s Race, Hoping To Make History

  The human rights group Oxfam has ranked Virginia dead last in its ranking of the “best places to work in America.” States with right-to-work laws have wages that are, on average, 3.1% lower than pro-union states, according to a 2015 study by the liberal Economic Policy Institute.
  Huffington Post May 28, 2020
• Senate GOP Has No Plan To Help Millions Of Americans Losing Health Insurance During Pandemic

  More than 36 million people have filed for unemployment benefits due to the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, meaning millions will be left without health insurance. In mid May, left-leaning think tank Economic Policy Institute estimated 16.2 million people have lost health insurance once provided by their employer — how roughly half of Americans get their health insurance. That number could be as high as 26.8 million if those who lost their jobs don’t sign up for other coverage, the Kaiser Family Foundation found.
  Huffington Post May 28, 2020
• Worker shortage concerns loom in immigrant-heavy meatpacking

  Roughly 350 foreign workers were certified for meat and poultry gigs in 2019, according to Daniel Costa at the Economic Policy Institute. Such H-2B visa holders, capped at 66,000 annually, are commonly used in landscaping and resorts.

  AP News May 28, 2020