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Letter to Congress urging $500 billion in relief funds for state, local, territorial, and tribal governments and other transformative investments
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Relief efforts need to do more to protect older workers in a coronavirus economic shutdown
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At least $500 billion more in coronavirus aid is needed for state and local governments by the end of 2021
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News from EPI › 16.8 million apply for unemployment benefits in three weeks: The labor market has been upended.
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The Wild West: Gig workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic lack basic worker protections
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Wisconsin’s election during this pandemic shows that limiting voting options is the new form of voter suppression
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Coronavirus job losses for the past two weeks could match two years of the Great Recession’s job losses: Estimates of new claims filed are 10 million
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Why is Trump putting critical protective equipment on layaway at Walmart?
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The South’s worst unemployment numbers may be yet to come given social distancing delays in the region
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How state attorneys general are protecting workers during the coronavirus pandemic
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News from EPI › March’s huge job losses are just the tip of the iceberg of what’s to come
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Higher rates of poverty and incarceration put front-line workers and communities in Southern states at greater risk from the coronavirus
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The Trump NLRB needs to be removed
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3.5 million workers likely lost their employer-provided health insurance in the past two weeks
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Workers exposed to the coronavirus need to be able to protect themselves from illness or death without risking their employment
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Which data to watch and not watch this week: Watch Thursday’s unemployment insurance claims, not Friday’s jobs day numbers
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Unions are giving workers a seat at the table when it comes to the coronavirus response
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Nine in 10 farmworkers could be covered by the paid leave provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act—but not if smaller employers are exempted
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In midst of a pandemic, Trump’s NLRB makes it nearly impossible for workers to organize a union
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Older workers can’t work from home and are at a higher risk for COVID-19
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Exposed and underpaid: Women still make less than men, including in sectors especially affected by the coronavirus
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Without fast action from Congress, low-wage workers will be ineligible for unemployment benefits during the coronavirus crisis
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Despite some good provisions, the CARES Act has glaring flaws and falls short of fully protecting workers during the coronavirus crisis
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States are projected to lose more jobs due to the coronavirus: 14 million jobs could be lost by summer
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Southern state policymakers must do more to respond to the coronavirus pandemic: Medicaid expansion, emergency paid sick leave, and dedicated public health resources are especially needed
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Nurses in garbage bags?: Why the Trump administration must use the Defense Production Act to mobilize production of critically needed hospital protective equipment immediately
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Coronavirus and farmworkers: Farm employment, safety issues, and the H-2A guestworker program
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The coronavirus crisis led to a record-breaking spike in weekly unemployment insurance claims: An estimated 3.4 million workers filed for unemployment last week
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Fixing unemployment insurance and the coronavirus response
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Every state will lose jobs as a result of the coronavirus: Policymakers must take action