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Economy & Labor
Health Care Workers on Front Lines of COVID-19 Outbreak Lack Key Protections
The lack of protections could create shortages of caregivers and undermine efforts to control the coronavirus.
Medicare for All Would Transform the Labor Market for the Better
Policymakers can implement universal health care in a way that prevents long-term job losses while creating “good” jobs.
Economic Experts Warn Climate Crisis Could Spur Financial Crash Like 2008
During a Senate hearing, experts testified that we risk an even larger economic crisis absent urgent climate policy.
Amid Coronavirus, Trump Moves to Take Food Stamps From Over a Million People
The rule would impose more strict work requirements on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients.
Inequality in a Globalized World Makes Pandemics and Financial Crises Inevitable
The coronavirus has shown us that unforeseen factors can crush the market and, by extension, the economy and workers.
Anti-Union Attorneys Love Joe Biden
Biden launched his campaign with a fundraiser co-hosted by the head of an anti-union law firm.
Experts Say Trump Is Exploiting Coronavirus Crisis to Attack Social Security
Economists say Trump's proposal to cut the payroll tax is “a Trojan Horse attack” on Social Security.
Plunging Stock Market Ignites Fears of Meltdown as Coronavirus Spreads
Some fear a financial meltdown on the scale of the 2008 crisis as the recorded U.S. coronavirus cases surpasses 500.
Last Pre-Coronavirus Jobs Report Shows Strong Job Growth, Weak Wage Growth
Wage growth slowed further in February to just 3 percent over the last year.
Farmworkers Step Up Pressure on Wendy’s Shareholders to Protect Workers’ Rights
A mobilization next week will pressure a major Wendy's investor to make good on its claim of support for labor rights.