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  • Pandemic puts 100 million tourism jobs at risk: UN report

    The United Nations presented on Tuesday their report: ‘Tourism and Covid-19’, which predicts that up to 100 million jobs could be lost within the tourism sector as a result of the pandemic, and could lead to a 2.8 per cent drop in gross domestic product (GDP). The document also...
  • La pandemia pone en riesgo 100 millones de empleos en el sector turístico

    Naciones Unidas presentó este martes su informe: ‘Turismo y Covid-19’, que pronostica que se podrían perder hasta 100 millones de puestos de trabajo dentro del sector turístico como consecuencia de la pandemia, y podría conducir a un 2.8 caída porcentual del producto interior bruto (PIB). El documento también advierte...
  • USPS Workers Express Internal Concerns, Call for Funding

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Unions representing postal workers in Florida are calling for the postmaster general to permanently reverse changes that have created major mail delays. They are calling on Congress to support the agency the same way it supports corporations. Wanda Harris is president of Miami Area Local 172...
  • Los trabajadores de USPS expresan inquietudes internas y piden financiación

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Los sindicatos que representan a los trabajadores postales en Florida están pidiendo al director general de correos que revierta permanentemente los cambios que han creado importantes retrasos en el correo. Piden al Congreso que apoye a la agencia de la misma manera que apoya a las...
  • Government Shutdown Stalls Food-Stamp Work Requirements

    Eric Galatas Public News Service DENVER — The Trump administration’s proposal to expand work requirements for SNAP benefits – the program formerly known as food stamps – is meant to get more people back into the workforce. But critics argue there’s a far better approach. Kate Kasper, director of...
  • Growing Number of Workers Don’t Unplug on Vacation

    Soundbite Services DENVER – Summer is typically when workers who get paid vacation take time off to relax and recharge. But according to a new survey from the staffing firm Accountemps, more than half of American workers say they’ll maintain some contact with work, up from 41 percent two years ago....
  • Workers’ Memorial Day: Group Calls for Justice After Farmworker Death

    Eric Tegethoff Public News Service SUMAS, Wash. – Saturday April 28 was Workers’ Memorial Day, a commemoration of people who’ve lost their lives on the job. In Washington state, the farm community is remembering Ernesto Silva Ibarra, a 28-year-old farmworker who became ill last summer while picking berries during...
  • Oregon Law Protects Vulnerable Workers from Harassment

    Eric Tegethoff Public News Service SALEM, Ore. – Months before the #MeToo movement gained steam, Oregon lawmakers passed legislation to protect women working in the shadows, literally. Now that law is in effect. At the beginning of this year, janitorial contractors started joining a registry that ensures they’re in...
  • Millennial Workers Get Big Boost from $15 Minimum Wage Combined with California Secure Choice Program

    BERKELEY – The financial future looks brighter for millions of low-to-middle income workers in California in danger of slipping into poverty upon retirement thanks to legislation championed by Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), according to research released this week by the University of California Berkeley’s Center for...
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