And unless Congress continues the extended benefit program, millions of jobless people will run out of aid entirely by year’s end. Among them is Victoria Perez, who was working two delivery jobs before the pandemic struck. Having lost both jobs in the spring, she is now living with her ch...
US’ garbage piles up amid pandemic wave The Omicron variant is sickening so manysanitation workersaround the US that some cities have had to delay or suspend garbage or recycling pickup,leavingresidentsshockedgovernments can't...
More than 1 million Americans received a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, a benchmark the nation has not met in nearly seven weeks amid a pandemic resurgence. Ai Hepingin New York contributed to this story.
The more than 18,000 SLFRF recipient governments had reported $283 billion in lost revenue due to the pandemic as of March 31. Thus far, they have budgeted nearly $100 billion to help replace this lost revenue to fund over 53,000 projects, the Treasury said. "The ...
"As people start to think about their commute and mobility during and after this pandemic, they are searching for ways to get around that are safe and fun," Hadjiminas added. At Unik Moto in Long Island City, demand has tripled compared to July 2019, with some weeks seeing about 20 sco...
Most of us would agree the world no longer functions as it once did. We’ve moved past the time of relying on the familiar modes and certainties of a stable climate and a pre-pandemic reality. Amid widespread dysfunction (unprecedented weather events, snarled supply chains, labor shortages, ...
Editor's note: Despite a violation of child labor laws, businesses in some US states are attempting to fill vacant jobs with minors because of a national labor shortage. This page takes a closer look at how children have been a...
February was yet another month that defied economists’ expectations for the number of jobs added. So why then did the unemployment rate increase to 3.9% from 3.7%? By definition, the unemployment rate captures the share of unemployed people as a percentage of the labor force. The labor fo...
“There was no labor force. Everybody was collecting $1,000 a week for a year and a half. People were traveling around the world, and people refused to come to work.” The pandemic leveled in-person industries, and the restaurant sector was among the hardest hit, losing millions of ...
Employment was driven by the manufacturing sector, which added 44,000 jobs. Despite the recent gains, employment in the sector remains 1.6 per cent below its pre-pandemic level. By contrast, the number of people working in the services sector was little changed from November, but is 2 per ...