Stories tagged: "unemployment"

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Florida The Unemployment Rate May Be Recovering, but Not for Latinas

Unemployed Latinas in Florida are spending their time canvassing to make sure people vote.

October 16, 2020 2:46 pm EDT Araceli Cruz Araceli Cruz
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Puerto Rico PR High School Students Defraud Unemployment System as Thousands Wait Desperately for Benefits

The scheme perpetrated by a group of students of a private school in San Juan makes many wonder what is wrong with the system.

July 30, 2020 2:43 pm EDT Victoria Leandra Victoria Leandra
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Economy This Is How Joe Biden Plans to Remake the American Economy

Biden said his new $700 billion plan would rebuild the American economy, spur innovation, and create as many as five million new jobs in the United States.

July 9, 2020 5:43 pm EDT Keya Vakil Keya Vakil
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Puerto Rico A Cosmetologist, a Mother of Three, a Waiter: Here Are the Faces of Puerto Rico’s Unemployed

Laid-off workers share their stories of frustration, hunger, and uncertainty in face of the inefficiency of the island’s Labor Department.

June 22, 2020 3:54 pm EDT Mivette Vega Mivette Vega
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Puerto Rico What We Know About Puerto Rico’s New Labor Department Boss — And What He Plans To Do

A better electronic system and fewer gatherings of people in one place are some of the promises made by the new secretary on his first day of service.

June 10, 2020 5:43 pm EDT Mivette Vega Mivette Vega

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Economy Businesses Are Reopening, But Unemployment Is Still Rising

About 41 million Americans filed for unemployment and that suggests businesses are failing or permanently downsizing, economists warn.

May 28, 2020 3:18 pm EDT Associated Press Associated Press
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Voices of the Workers Laid-Off Puerto Rican Nurse Is Treated Like a Hero in NJ

In just a matter of days, José Santiago had to move and start a new life after losing his job in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.

May 8, 2020 10:00 am EDT Mivette Vega Mivette Vega