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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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A ‘phase four’ relief and recovery package should provide economic assistance to state and local governments, extended unemployment benefits, and better protections for workers and jobs
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Every state in the country reported its highest initial unemployment claims ever either last week or the week before
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3.5 million workers likely lost their employer-provided health insurance in the past two weeks
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Why is Trump putting critical protective equipment on layaway at Walmart?
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States continue to see record-high levels of initial unemployment insurance claims, including in the South
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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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How can the U.S. get more transformative with its coronavirus-shock response? With payroll guarantees and an economic ‘deep freeze’ plan.
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Domestic workers are at risk during the coronavirus crisis: Data show most domestic workers are black, Hispanic, or Asian women
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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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A ‘phase four’ relief and recovery package should provide economic assistance to state and local governments, extended unemployment benefits, and better protections for workers and jobs
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Even with already-passed relief and recovery measures, job losses from the coronavirus shock could easily exceed 20 million
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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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Every state in the country reported its highest initial unemployment claims ever either last week or the week before
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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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News from EPI › A portrait of disaster: Initial UI claims jump from 211,000 to 6.6 million in three weeks
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Policymakers twice missed the chance to avert widespread job loss, now they should act to avoid more layoffs
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Nearly 20 million workers will likely be laid off or furloughed by July: Updated state numbers project further job losses due to the coronavirus
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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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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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With smart policy, a temporary collapse in GDP doesn’t have to cause great human suffering
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The CARES Act’s aid to state and local governments isn’t enough to shield vital public services from the coronavirus shock: Lessons from the Great Recession tell us why
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News from EPI › EPI applauds crucial provisions in the CARES Act, but its glaring flaws mean that more is needed