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• US: A Country Rooted in Unfairness

  The distribution of these benefits has not been a smooth process. One study by analysts at the Economic Policy Institute, for instance, found only half of potential eligible workers are receiving unemployment benefits.

  The Globalist May 18, 2020
• Letter: Medical resources not shared equally

  Last month the Economic Policy Institute analyzed ventilator rationing policies and guidelines from 30 states. All but five took into account factors that disfavored those with disabilities: “patients’ expected lifespan; need for resources, such as home oxygen; or specific diagnoses, such as dementia. Some even permitted hospitals to take ventilators away from patients who use them as breathing aids in everyday life and give them to other patients.”

  Bennington Banner May 18, 2020
• Harris, Sanders, Gillibrand, Booker, Warren, Markey, Merkley Introduce Emergency Health Care Guarantee Act

  The bill enjoys the endorsement of 32 national organizations and unions including the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, National Nurses United, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America; Center for Popular Democracy, Indivisible, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), MoveOn.Org, National Domestic Workers Alliance, People’s Action, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Public Citizen, Social Security Works, Sunrise Movement, United We Dream, Working Families Party, Business for Medicare for All, Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute, Democracy for America, Democratic Socialists of America, Economic Opportunity Institute, Economic Policy Institute, Faith Action Network, Healthcare-NOW, Hometown Action, Jane Addams Senior Center, Labor Campaign for Single Payer, Legal Voice, Medicare for All Now, Partners for Dignity & Rights, Presente.org, and Progressive Democrats of America.

  Sen. Kamala Harris May 18, 2020
• Sanders, Gillibrand, Booker, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Harris Introduce Emergency Health Care Guarantee Act

  Sanders’ bill enjoys the endorsement of 32 national organizations and unions including the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, National Nurses United, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America; Center for Popular Democracy, Indivisible, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), MoveOn.Org, National Domestic Workers Alliance, People’s Action, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Public Citizen, Social Security Works, Sunrise Movement, United We Dream, Working Families Party, Business for Medicare for All, Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute, Democracy for America, Democratic Socialists of America, Economic Opportunity Institute, Economic Policy Institute, Faith Action Network, Healthcare-NOW, Hometown Action, Jane Addams Senior Center, Labor Campaign for Single Payer, Legal Voice, Medicare for All Now, Partners for Dignity & Rights, Presente.org, and Progressive Democrats of America.

  Sen. Bernie Sanders May 18, 2020
• Study finds 44% of U.S. unemployment applicants have been denied or are still waiting

  According to research from the Economic Policy Institute released on April 28th, for every 10 people who said they successfully filed for unemployment benefits during the previous four weeks, three to four additional people tried to apply but could not get through the system to make a claim.

  EPI researchers also found that two additional people did not try to apply because it was too difficult to do so.

  “About half of potential UI applicants are actually receiving benefits,” reads EPI’s report.

  NBC News May 18, 2020
• Tackle the financial burden of Covid-19 with patient-tailored payment plans

  Many times a job loss comes with the loss of employer healthcare coverage. According to the Commonwealth Fund, about half of the U.S. population is covered by employer health insurance plans. In fact since the devastating impact of Covid-19 began, the Economic Policy Institute expects an estimated 12.7 million workers to no longer have employer-provided health insurance.

  MedCity News May 18, 2020
• Companies are giving essential workers bullshit rewards

  “Every job should be a safe job, no one should be risking their lives, and one of the biggest problems with trying to incentivize people to work in unsafe conditions is that it is inevitably condescending,” said Celine McNicholas, director of government affairs and labor counsel at the Economic Policy Institute.

  VOX May 18, 2020
• Affordable child care is increasingly difficult to find in the U.S.—coronavirus could make it harder

  But who’s going to pay for these increased expenses? American parents with children under the age of five are already forking over a total of $42 billion for early child care and education, such as preschool programs, according to progressive think tank Economic Policy Institute.

  NBC News May 18, 2020
• Employees at ‘early adopter’ companies feel prepared to work through pandemic

  Employees working in “must-show” fields, a phrase used in a March 2020 report by Time Magazine, largely are not able to work from home in the pandemic. These workers are also less likely to have access to benefits including paid sick leave, Time noted. There are also demographic disparities, according to a report from the progressive think tank Economic Policy Institute, which found that just 16% of Hispanic or Latino workers in the U.S. were able to work from home, compared to 30% of white workers and 37% of Asian workers.

  HR Dive May 18, 2020
• La economía de Estados Unidos acumula récords negativos

  El inform dela Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales, conocido como JOLTS, apunta que la demanda de trabajadores se ha contraído a un ritmo mensual récord en marzo (813,000 ofertas de empleo retiradas). Las contrataciones también han caído y lo único que sube, como se ha visto en las cifras de desempleo es la destrucción de puestos de trabajo. En el Economic Policy Institute califican a estos datos de “catastróficos”.

  La Opinion May 18, 2020