August 15th 2022
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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)...
The Labor Department announced this morning that another 5.2 million workers filed for unemployment last week. The new numbers brings the total number of unemployed in the United States to 22 million, or 13.5% of the American workforce. Recent numbers mark...
So-called “gig-economy” workers are on the frontlines of the Covid-19 pandemic. Instacart and Shipt workers have handled a massive increase in demand for grocery deliveries. DoorDash and Postmates couriers have delivered countless take-out orders as restaurants...
This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report for March. According to the report, the unemployment rate is now at 4.4%, 0.9% higher than last month's. In addition, 701,000 nonfarm jobs were lost in March, yet as the report and others...
The Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a $2 trillion dollar spending package that would assist millions of American households. The House is expected to follow suit today. The relatively fast deliberation and unanimous vote in a typically fractured Senate...