Rideshare drivers with pre-existing conditions who had counted on getting two weeks’ leave have been unable to do so.
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COBRA Bites
Today on TAP: Congress leaves laid-off workers on the hook for health insurance costs
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Unsanitized: Biden and Warren Write an Op-Ed for One Person
Also, a PPP announcement. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 4, 2020.
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Monopolies in Meat: Endangering Workers, Farmers, and Consumers
Deregulation has led to Big Ag’s giant slaughterhouses, where COVID-19 is rampant and the supply chain grinds to a halt.
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Unsanitized: Why We Need a National Investment Authority
A public agency to channel capital, from bailouts to infrastructure. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 3, 2020.
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Unsanitized: Shalala Appears to Still Hold Several Individual Stocks
Also, the virus hits a plateau and stays there. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 2, 2020.
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Student Debt and the Fed
Today on TAP: If the Fed can bail out Wall Street, why not college students?
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Unsanitized: May Day Brings Rent Strikes, Worker Walkouts
Also, the Fed throws the oil industry a lifeline. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 1, 2020.
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When Journalists Become Workers
Five years ago, unions barely existed in digital media. Today, they may save the industry from the worst of the COVID-19 depression—and provide a model to other working professionals.
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Across Class Lines: Amazon Tech Workers Join Warehouse Workers in Protests
Home-office climate activists and warehouse employees across the nation find common cause mobilizing against Amazon’s policies.
