#Unemployed

Arthur Delaney

ArthurDelaneyHP

In 2011. Florida Republicans lead by now-senator Rick Scott endeavored to create the worst, most unresponsive and least generous unemployment insurance system in the country. They succeeded.https://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/jobs-economy/os-

Dr. Keith Rose

TheScalpeledge

Damage is done. Political posturing may make leaders feel good but this Republic is in extremis. I am hoarse from talking and it falls on deaf ears. We are

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minnebri

I get paid $439.88 as an essential worker in Healthcare. I get paid weekly so when I hear the government giving the newly unemployed workers $600+ on average 45% of

Anosognosiogenesis

pookleblinky

Imagine this: It's August. 4,000+ people are dying each day of coronavirus. No lockdowns remain, no eviction suspensions, millions unemployed and fighting homelessness. Aerial jellyfish are sweeping the northeast. Two

Ógra Shinn Féin

Ogra_SF

Ireland doesn't have a large far right bc Sinn Féin shows the socialist republican way forward.We organise within communities who know to punch up & not down, our policies are

Emma Frost #BidenHarris2020!!!!

dEMMAcratic

THREAD: What's really happening with the economy?Trump crows about how great the economy is under his "leadership." A lot of laypeople I've talked to lately seem to think the same

Julie Kelly 🇺🇸

julie_kelly2

Trump needs to stop the daily circus with the media. He needs to stop allowing Fauci to riff on his inner thought at the moment. The Murray model is collapsing,

Alley Cat is Home

AlleyCatCleopat

Thread. @senatemajldr is willing to stress out over 11% of the workforce (more due to 1.4 million newly unemployed last week) because he doesn’t want poor people to make more

Leah Litman

LeahLitman

bret stephens latest column is — I kid you not — about how the real threat from the coronavirus is.... that it might lead to the expansion of the “welfare

inverted vibe curve: burgertown must be defended

PatBlanchfield

so yesterday the Mayor of St Louis read the names and addresses of protestors who support police defunding on TV and just now the president has posted fifteen separate "attempt

daryl

baeryl

Fuck the government lmao WORKING COLLEGE STUDENTS PAY TAXES. WE WORK 15-30 HOURS A WEEK ON TOP OF SCHOOL. SOME OF US ARE UNEMPLOYED. SOME OF US STILL HAVE BILLS,

John Holmes

JHolmesSheff

One of the under-reported findings from surveys of drinking during lockdown is in the detail of @AlcoholChangeUK survey. While 22% drank on fewer days and 21% on more days, the

Rich Worsell

Coach_Worsell

I don't know who needs to hear this, long story follows:In 2002/3 I worked hard on getting a college football job. Living in England the time difference and international dialing

Screamelia 🎃👻🦇🕸️

Pzzachu

I don't know if this also applies to the UK but if so, I guess I'm also working poor. It's wild that folks who earn over £27k per year are

Rachel Deutsch

RachelDeutsch6

I spent May Day reading stories from Unemployed Action members. It is agonizing to read what UI puts people through. Homelessness. Food insecurity. Savings wiped out. Too poor to relocate

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

BRACE YOURSELF for the most cataclysmic #JobsDay of all of our lives. This chart has monthly job changes over the past 80 years. We lost more than 20 million jobs