May 14th 2021
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One year ago, weeks into Covid-induced lockdowns and with the trajectory of the pandemic unknown, Congress passed the CARES Act, a $2.2 trillion relief package providing aid to businesses, local governments, and individuals. For workers who lost jobs in the...
Union members in Florida are making a final push to get out the vote for Joe Biden, CBS News reports. The unions are attempting to reach infrequent voters who are registered but have not yet cast a ballot in a state where 7.8 million people have already voted....
Unprecedented collective action by NBA players has changed the narrative across the entire professional sports landscape, centering the focus on racial reform in the wake of this week’s shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed black man. After a boycott of Wednesday’s...
Employers that have prevented employees from wearing Black Lives Matter masks have been facing protest and criticism. Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Taco Bell, Starbucks, and others have faced boycotts for disciplining employees wearing the masks or other Black Lives...
The Labor Department reported 1.48 million new unemployment claims for the week of June 20, revealing the extent to which the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the labor market. While the number of weekly claims has decreased since the beginning of the crisis, a...
Clean Slate for Worker Power released a report today outlining recommendations for empowering worker voices and building a more equitable economy in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The report focuses on various threats COVID poses to working people: not just...
Protests over the death of George Floyd and other unarmed Black Americans rocked the nation this week and intensified this weekend following racially charged comments by the President. While unions in the context of the Black Lives Matter movement have often been...
The Department of Labor announced this morning that 2.9 million more Americans filed for unemployment in the past week, raising the nation’s record-shattering unemployment rate beyond 14.7%. Among the 36.5 million people now unemployed are some 600,000...
In a recent online survey, the Groundwork Collaborative gauged national approval of potential ideas on how to mitigate the effects of COVID-19. Two of these proposals included increased, federally-mandated collaboration between 1) worker representatives and...
The April monthly jobs report, released today, is a "portrait of devastation." In a single month, Americans lost 20.5 million jobs – more than was lost throughout the entire 2008 recession. The unemployment rate has soared to 14.7% percent from the half-century low...
As the pandemic continues to devastate the job economy, the Washington Post has tracked job loss across sectors, highlighting the widespread impact of COV-ID 19. In addition, rising unemployment numbers have revealed major flaws in state unemployment insurance (UI)...
As the pandemic wreaks havoc on the health system and economy, it has become clear exactly how precarious so much work is, from laid off restaurant workers to empty Ubers and Lyfts. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act offers some...