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Trump Labor Department Accused of Quietly 'Twisting the Law' to Slash Paid Sick Leave Amid Pandemic

'Never Seen Anything Like It': Economists Warn 6.6 Million New Jobless Claims Portend Unparalleled Crisis

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"A portrait of disaster. Unemployment insurance claims for the last two weeks are mind-blowing."

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With Record-Shattering Unemployment, Sanders, Schumer, and Wyden Ask Trump's Labor Dept: 'Do You Have a Plan?'

Jon Queally, staff writer

Red sign hanging at the glass door of a shop saying "Closed due to coronavirus." (Photo: Getty Images)

"It is absolutely imperative that the millions of Americans who are eligible...

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'Poison Pill' in Stimulus Package Could Cost Millions of Airline Jobs, Labor Leaders Say

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Sara Nelson, international president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, told Common Dreams Wednesday that the airline industry is being watched as it tries to manage keeping employees out of the unemployment rolls.

In a letter to the Treasury Secretary Wednesday, Flight Attendant Union...

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'When We Are Infected No One Is Safe': Nurses Nationwide Protest Over Lack of Coronavirus Protective Equipment

Fed Economists Warn US Unemployment Rate Could Soon Reach 32%—During Great Depression It Peaked at 25%

New York AG Denounces 'Immoral and Inhumane' Firing of Amazon Worker Who Led Protest Over Lack of Coronavirus Protections

'No More Spending': After Securing Corporate Bailout, Trump White House and GOP Cast Doubt on New Stimulus

Facing Layoffs, General Electric Workers Demand Company Put Them to Work Producing Ventilators Instead

'The Strike Wave Is in Full Swing': Amazon, Whole Foods Workers Walk Off Job to Protest Unjust and Unsafe Labor Practices

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (C) and Representatives Kevin McCarthy (L) and Steny Hoyer show the bill to the press after the House passed a $2 trillion stimulus bill, on March 27, 2020, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC - The House approved by a voice vote a $2.2 trillion rescue package, the largest economic stimulus package in American history, to aid a US economy and health care system battered by the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo: Alex Edelman/AFP/Getty Images)

'Far More to Do,' Say Progressives After House Approves and Trump Signs Corporate-Friendly Coronavirus Relief Act

'Without Us, Instacart Will Grind to a Halt': Delivery Workers Threaten Strike Over Hazard Pay, Safety Measures Amid Outbreak

'Amazon Putting Lives of Workers at Risk': Omar and Sanders Press Bezos on Alarming Lack of Coronavirus Protections

'Foreclosure King' Steve Mnuchin Says Never-Before-Seen Surge in Unemployment 'Not Relevant'

The number of unemployed Americans could be in the tens of millions by April, economists warn.

'Tip of the Iceberg': Economists Warn Record 3.28 Million Jobless Claims Could Signal Coming Depression

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., arrives at the Capitol for a vote on a coronavirus bill amendment on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. (Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Sanders Threatens to Demand Stronger Conditions on $500 Billion 'Corporate Welfare Fund' If GOP Moves to Reduce Benefits for Laid Off Workers

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National Nurses United

Nurses to President Trump: Get Us Protective Equipment Now

People's Action

Unemployment Claims Show That We Need a People’s Bailout Now

National Nurses United

Nation’s Nurses United Condemns Congressional Inaction on Protecting Nurses, Other Health Care Workers From COVID-19

Patriotic Millionaires

Senate Coronavirus Bill Prioritizes $500 Billion Mnuchin-Trump Slush Fund Over American Lives

UltraViolet

Women’s Group Says Senate Stimulus Package is Insufficient for Women Who Are Bearing the Brunt of the Coronavirus Pandemic

The Main Street Alliance

Small Businesses Need More to Survive COVID-19

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Rick Claypool

Even During a Pandemic, Plutocrats Prioritize Profits Over People

Derrick Z. Jackson

Fighting for a Just COVID-19 Response

Robert Reich

How to Prepare for the Trump Recession

Kenny Stancil

The Coronavirus Paradox: Biden's Delegate Lead Increases as the Need for Bernie's Politics Adds Up

Ed Bolen

Unemployed Workers Can Get SNAP During Health Emergency

Heidi Shierholz

'Portrait of Disaster': Initial Unemployment Claims in US Jump from 211,000 to 6.6 million in Just 3 Weeks

Kevin Basl

Thank Farmers and Grocery Workers for Their Service

Amy Silverman

Nurses: We Are the Canaries in the Coronavirus Mine

Robert Reich

In the Name of Profit and Greed, Billionaire Class Declares: 'Back to Work!'

Dr. Sanjeev K. Sriram

For National Doctors’ Day, Forget the Donuts. Can We Get Some Damn Masks?