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This analysis covers November 2020 data. Context In March, the US took dramatic steps to stop the spread of COVID-19. Many states issued stay-at-home orders and the economy contracted dramatically. Jobs fell away and unemployment spiked. After the dramatic collapse in March, the economy improved rapidly in early summer, with strong job growth and unemployment …
This analysis covers October 2020 data. Context In March, the US took dramatic steps to stop the spread of COVID-19. Many states issued stay-at-home orders and the economy contracted dramatically. Jobs fell away and unemployment spiked. After the dramatic collapse in March, the economy improved rapidly in early summer, with strong job growth and unemployment …
This analysis covers September 2020 data. Context In March, the US took dramatic steps to stop the spread of COVID-19. Many states issued stay-at-home orders and the economy contracted dramatically. Jobs fell away and unemployment spiked. After the dramatic collapse in March, the economy has improved, with strong job growth and unemployment falling. However, job …
Mariah Clark is an emergency nurse and EMT and member of her hospital’s Special Pathogens team in Madison, Wisconsin. Over the past months of the pandemic, Mariah has faced chronic stress from working in a crowded hospital with insufficient protective equipment. But her concerns are not limited to the workplace; living with her higher-risk partner, …
The steady flow of freelance performance gigs that supported Tom’s livelihood halted abruptly when COVID hit, freezing much of the entertainment industry.
In August, the economic recovery continues at a slow pace.
We’re excited to present a guest post from Rabbi Bonnie Margulis, Executive Director of Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice, about a coalition fighting to protect workers.
Troy Brewer was working three jobs to support his family before COVID-19. Within two weeks, Troy was laid off from all three jobs. Now unemployed for the first time in 30 years, Troy is struggling to pull together the necessary resources to support himself and his three children. “Before COVID hit I had three cooking …
A veteran healthcare professional at a nursing home in Monroe, Wisconsin, Lisa Gordon says CNAs lack adequate PPE and are in urgent need of support in the form of hazard pay as they take on longer hours to provide new levels of emotional support to residents who are unable to spend their last final days with family members. “Every day that I …
In July, there has been improvement, but at a very much slower pace. It is too early to predict that “normal” is on the horizon.