COVID-19

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Richard Trumka on What It Will Take to Rebuild High-Trust Workplaces (The Hill: Advancing America's Economy)

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Chinese American UNITE HERE Member Shares Her COVID-19 Story

This week we are lifting up Andee Huang, a laid-off hotel worker from Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of UNITE HERE Local 26. She'd been working at the Westin Boston Waterfront for 13 years. Ever since she and all her coworkers lost their jobs in March, Andee has been helping other workers apply for unemployment, food assistance, and other needs.
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Richard Trumka on the Impact of COVID-19 on Working People (Bloomberg Special Report: America's Employment Bust)

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Service + Solidarity: Meet Jennifer Cody

Jennifer C. is an actress from New York and a member of the Actors' Equity Association. Her industry is 100% unemployed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Broadway is closed for the indefinite future. Learn more about how dancers, singers and the rest of her community are affected during these dangerous times.
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Maine AFL-CIO Is Using All the Digital Tools in Its Toolbox to Help Workers

With unprecedented numbers of Mainers out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic, the state’s labor movement is deploying digital tools in innovative ways to help workers who are being impacted by COVID-19. The Maine State AFL-CIO is using a full range of online platforms to support those who are applying for unemployment insurance (UI) and pressure policymakers to fix the system.