#Workers

Ben Casselman

bencasselman

Another 1.6 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week (833k regular state claims, not seasonally adjusted, and 759k under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program).https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/09/03/business/stock-ma

Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD, PhD, CCFP

nilikm

First we’re told schools are safe. Then we are told that kids jostling into schools pose a risk. There is an erosion of trust for families & educators. Now Ontario

LAist

LAist

Good evening, everyone Here's your coronavirus news roundup for tonight: In LA County's worst day yet in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, public health officials announced that 29 more people have

Russ Jones

RussInCheshire

This is depressing thing to say, but we're nowhere near the worst yetCovid health crisis hasn't ended. A 2nd wave combined with normal winter NHS crisis will be horrendousMass unemployment

Joanna Pepin

CoffeeBaseball

In these dark days, it feels trivial to worry about whether #COVID19 is exacerbating gender inequality among heterosexual couples. But, it’s actually not trivial at all--in fact, it’s at the

shai @ comms! | jinsuke & akane stan

suikapop

imagine being bound by likes to write oc facts. if this tweet reaches 25 likes i’ll spare everyone and STOP tweeting maron facts 1. they really hate hot weather, especially

Chance - Dream Speaker - Lunceford

TheLivingLogos

My grandpa had orchards.He hired immigrants and his own sons to pick fruit.In addition to wages, my grandpa bought each laborer a pair of good boots and two pairs of

HaitiInfoProj

HaitiInfoProj

NATCOM: HAITIAN EMPLOYEES CLAIM VIETNAMESE MANAGERS OPPRESS THEMbyGrégory Anténor CivilSince Monday, March 11, the Haitian employees of Natcom rebel against the direction of this subsidiary of Viettel in #Haiti. They

Dara Kerr

darakerr

I spent the past few weeks looking at a multi-million dollar ballot measure campaign in California, Prop 22. It’s an effort by Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart and Postmates to avoid

Your Auntie Sha Doesn't Leave Her Apartment

sha_merirei

Disclaimer: This is a thread about #Covid19 on Oahu. Unless stated otherwise, points made are only observations and hypotheses I’m presenting to get wheels turning in people’s mind and hopefully

Helen Pluckrose has returned to Hermit Mode

HPluckrose

OK, the discord server is up and running. Remember this is for people who are having problems with authoritarian Critical Social Justice ideas being imposed on them at their place

愛⁷

92fics

Hey, I know you guys don't know who I am, but I'm here to share my story. On Thursday the National Bureau of Investigation here in the Philippines raided our

Chinmay Tumbe

ChinmayTumbe

"कितने आदमी थे?" बहुत, सरकार | A migration-thread with estimates of India's reverse migration since mid-March 2020, placed conservatively at 30 million or 3 crore or 15-20% of the urban

Committee to Protect Medicare

cmteetoprotect

DOCTORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE FURIOUS. The things we are learning about the lack of U.S. preparedness are truly alarming. And after weeks of ringing alarm bells, we still don't

🍙ScaryTheNerd🍙 aka Jergs

JerryisANerd

@ItsFishstick a liarmanipulatorand terrible person, a thread. Fish fingers (British English) or fish sticks (American English) are a processed food made using a whitefish, such as cod, hake, haddock or

Tom J. Astle

tjalamont

Now we see the violence inherent in the system: these ants (Megaponera analis; Africa - Mozambique in this case) are in mid-raid of a termite colony. It's not a "war";