Plus, low-wage workers grow restless, and an update on Easton Hospital. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for March 30, 2020.
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Why American Workers Have Been Left Out of Our Life-and-Death Decision-Making
While European workers have helped shape their nations’ coronavirus policies, most of their U.S. counterparts have no unions to give them a voice.
Posted inEconomic Policy
What Members of Congress Can Do After the Bailout
Despite passage, policymakers must be persistent and engaged in the implementation stage.
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Unsanitized: A Crisis to End All Crises
How our response to the coronavirus can inform our ongoing challenges. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for March 29, 2020.
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Unsanitized: Essential Employees at K Street Lobby Firms Go to Work
Plus, can coronavirus re-infect, and the airlines signal layoffs. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for March 28, 2020.
Posted inTAP
Oh, No! Better Unemployment Benefits Raise Low Wages
Today on TAP: One problem we’d love to have
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Unsanitized: The Federal Reserve Loads the Cannon
Plus, the value of unions. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for March 27, 2020.
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Union Wins $3 Billion to Protect Airport Workers
SEIU persuades Congress to dedicate funds in the stimulus legislation to keeping 100,000 airport workers solvent.
Posted inCoronavirus
Campaigning in a Time of Plague
We’ve got people, but the people are self-isolating.
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It’s Time to Revive the Excess Profits Tax
As during the world wars, companies that profit because of the crisis should not grow rich just because of the crisis.