#Workers

Today’s labour market statistics saw the crisis start to show up in the headline labour market statistics, with unemployment up and redundancies rising sharply at the end of the summer.
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Thankful for the chance to write about my home, Singapore, because while it did many things right, its failure to contain a mass COVID outbreak last year can teach us
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It’s fascinating what the data bears out:- COVID-19 cases and spreaders are overwhelmingly middle-upper class and white.- Those being policed the most are poor, black and brown.- The workers suffering
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Our thoughts, coherently laid out, on why we are tired of politicians targeting people who use CERB & other aid through the pandemic & how we think things could be
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The constituency of the Democratic Party, is split between pmcs & desperately poor people of colour. Anarchic discontent, irrespective of the class composition of its proponents, will always line up
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1/10 Someone asked me today what nutrition has to do with Covid-19! So let's talk about how nutrition & hydration is fundamental in the fight against Covid-19 - and
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There's a SWERF Panel happening right now called #SexTradeReality, and while we're on the topic - lets talking about the #EqualityModelReality or the #NordicModel - and what's happened in the
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People are worried about not having proper masks. Whatever GoI has said is absolutely correct. Since we always want a white stamp of approval. Here is a research from McMaster
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THREAD // Key Worker Testing We are aware of some social media posts regarding testing for key workers and wanted to provide some clarity. There are three sites for health
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Canada is now part of an international cartel to cut oil output & drive up prices. Canada and Alberta have already nationalized pipelines; the feds are subsidizing wages for oil
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First results of REACT research out today; three papers on validity, usability & prevalence (2 published, 1 preprint) with @grahamscooke Thread with key findings of study of 100,000 randomly selected
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The legacy of the Mike Harris government's massive privatization efforts are profoundly felt to this day. The privatizing of long term care homes left them understaffed, & left PSWs underemployed
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Here are a few of the 'gems' of O'Toole's policies:-SPENDING CUTS TO SOCIAL SERVICES-NO to national daycare-tax incentives to private companies-churches can refuse same-sex marriages-Transgender CANNOT compete in sports-PRIV
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Legal immigration is a positive for the American economy, and visa programs allowing American companies to secure qualified, legal labor throughout the world have benefitted economic growth in the United
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This is what @INCIndia does. Most idiotic party. Compromising security of my society. Charan Singh Sapra is causing commotion in our society which is under self quarantine. @PMOIndia @MumbaiPolice @CPMumbaiPolice
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This piece makes me think of my own work on veterans, and the current language of "heroes" for essential workers and medical professionals. A key difference between Mil/LE on the
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