Preparation is vital to a successful response. But the reality of poverty in this country means half of us do not have the resources to prepare. William J. Barber, II and Mitch Landrieu | March 23, 2020 According to an audit conducted by the Poor People’s Campaign in partnership with the Institute for Policy Studies, […]
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By Douglas Fruehling | Mar 17, 2020 Update: Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on Tuesday evening suspending the requirements of reporting COVID-19-related layoffs under the state’s WARN act from March 4 through the end of the emergency. The California hotel industry is asking Gov. Gavin Newsom to suspend the reporting requirements under the
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By Letters to the Editor | March 18, 2020 Mr. Will didn’t even mention people trying to live on the minimum wage. According to Common Dreams, the minimum wage today would have to be close to $12 an hour, not $7.25, just to be equivalent. And until 1968, minimum wage kept pace with productivity growth;
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As more cafes, restaurants and hotels shut down, millions of workers will need help to survive. By E. Tammy Kim | March 18, 2020 Carlos Rodriguez Herrera, a part-time barista at a Mediterranean restaurant in New York City, was told not to come in for his morning shift on March 14. The next day, just
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By Evan Niu, CFA | Mar 18, 2020 With people being urged to stay at home as much as possible during the novel coronavirus pandemic, Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has become an inadvertent beneficiary as e-commerce activity and online orders soar. The company announced this week that it would be hiring 100,000 new full- and part-time workers
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