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50 reasons the Trump administration is bad for workers: President Trump has said he would ‘protect’ and ‘fight for’ workers. Instead, his administration has systematically done the opposite.
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Who are America’s meat and poultry workers?
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Many workers have exhausted their state’s regular unemployment benefits: The CARES Act provided important UI benefits and Congress must act to extend them
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President Trump has attacked workers’ safety, wages, and rights since Day One
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Half a year into the pandemic and millions of people are unemployed: Congress must provide relief
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Unemployment claims rise for second week in a row: Millions will lose federal unemployment benefits in December unless Senate Republicans act
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Principles for the relief and recovery phase of rebuilding the U.S. economy: Use debt, go big, and stay big, and be very slow when turning off fiscal support
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No improvement in initial unemployment claims as labor market gains falter
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Learning during a pandemic: What decreased learning time in school means for student learning
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With unemployment benefits for millions of workers set to expire in December, Senate Republicans must stop blocking aid
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The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey shows declines in hires: As winter hits, the Biden administration will be facing a mounting, not waning, crisis
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What the next president inherits: More than 25 million workers are being hurt by the coronavirus downturn
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News from EPI › October jobs report: Next president inherits a devastated economy with millions out of work
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Over a million people still filed initial unemployment claims last week with no COVID-19 relief in sight
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Older workers are voting with an eye on the economy
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Heading into election day, at least 30 million workers are being hurt by the coronavirus recession
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Senate Republicans have failed struggling families: It is cruel, and bad economics, to withhold stimulus aid
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Latina Equal Pay Day: Essential Latina workers face substantial pay gap during COVID-19 pandemic
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Curb your enthusiasm: Rapid third-quarter GDP growth won’t mean the economy has healed
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With millions of people out of work, the Senate’s inaction is not only cruel, it’s bad economics
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The Trump administration was ruining the pre-COVID-19 economy too, just more slowly
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Policy solutions to deal with the nation’s teacher shortage—a crisis made worse by COVID-19
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Updated state-level unemployment claims data: Workers across the country need Congress to increase unemployment benefits
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30 weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic and workers desperately need stimulus
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Young workers hit hard by the COVID-19 economy: Workers ages 16–24 face high unemployment and an uncertain future
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1.3 million people filed initial unemployment insurance claims last week: It is terrible economics to pause stimulus talks
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What teaching is like during the pandemic—and a reminder that listening to teachers is critical to solving the challenges the coronavirus has brought to public education
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News from EPI › Slowdown in jobs added means we could be years away from a full recovery
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The first big gash of austerity: The cutback to the $600 boost to unemployment benefits reduced personal income by $667 billion (annualized) in August
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With millions of workers receiving unemployment benefits and no end in sight for the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress must act
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Preempting progress: State interference in local policymaking prevents people of color, women, and low-income workers from making ends meet in the South
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What to watch on jobs day: Slow closing of the massive jobs deficit
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‘We prioritized open bars before giving resources to schools’: How the U.S. coronavirus response has failed students and teachers