As cinemas across India remain shut down despite unlock phase 4, the Multiplex Association of India and Bollywood celebs have appealed to the government to allow their re-opening. Since the pan-India lockdown on 25 March, hundreds of people working in the cinemas have lost their jobs, while the movie theatres […]
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America’s Current Jobs ‘Great Depression’ September 11, 2020 America’s Current Jobs ‘Great Depression’2020-09-112020-09-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/line-food-bank-e1599870392277.jpg200px200px Above photo: Stephanie Keith, Getty Images. “Two well-known and highly respected mainstream economists, Carmen Reinhart, a chief economist for the World Bank, and Vincent Reinhart, chief economist for Morgan Stanley bank, have recently published an article in […]
A scandal has erupted amid comments which were allegedly made by President Donald Trump where he called dead United States servicemen “losers” and suckers”, according to a bombshell Atlantic magazine article on Thursday. US President Donald Trump attacked the widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs, due to her stake […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105251/12/1052511245_0:0:1920:1080_1200x675_80_0_0_809f1277b0d541420eb453730f9b5509.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/latam/202009031080352655-mexico-citys-authorities-say-will-create-300000-jobs-to-reactivate-economy/ MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum has presented a plan to reactivate the region’s economy in the amount of $5.3 billion, under which the city will create 300,000 jobs lost as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We estimate private […]
Retired postal worker Glenda Morris protests postal cutbacks on Aug. 25, 2020, in New York. African Americans make up 27 percent of the Postal Service, about twice their share of the overall workforce. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Lennihan/AP Retired postal worker Glenda Morris protests postal cutbacks on […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107856/19/1078561980_0:0:3062:1723_1200x675_80_0_0_d8e6c66d0300a0c68cd3e2f5f275eaaf.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/society/202008251080274954-i-was-so-jealous-bill-gates-reveals-what-steve-jobs-qualities-he-envied/ Mentioning Jobs’ accomplishments, Gates also noted how the former managed to help revive Apple back in 1997 and roll out a line of products that included the iPod, iPhone and iTunes. American entrepreneur and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has praised his […]
At North Carolina Colleges, ‘Safe Jobs Save Lives’ By Calvin Deutschbein, Workers World. August 19, 2020 At North Carolina Colleges, ‘Safe Jobs Save Lives’2020-08-192020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/unc-protest-for-safe-schools-e1597808235953.jpeg200px200px Above photo: UE 150 organized an action at North Carolina State University in Raleigh on Aug. 6. NCSU, the only UNC System school larger than UNC-Chapel Hill, also […]
In an effort to prop up the floundering economy amid the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, the UK government announced a job retention scheme in March, with companies paid up to 80 percent of the wage bill for furloughed employees. British employers are beginning to acknowledge the unavoidability of difficult […]
FA Cup winners Arsenal are facing a barrage of negative publicity after announcing that 55 jobs within the club are to be cut due to the coronavirus pandemic, as boss Mikel Arteta plots several lucrative transfer deals. A statement issued on Wednesday announcing the job cuts explained that the club […]
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order preventing federal agencies from hiring foreign workers via H-1B visas. In addition, Trump fired two federal executives for outsourcing US jobs and “betraying” Americans. Trump’s order, signed on Monday, requires federal agencies to prioritize US citizens and Green Card holders before outsourcing […]
In his “Build Back Better” agenda, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden focuses largely on climate change, aiming at trying to “achieve the groundbreaking Paris Climate Accords”, a plan that sets a goal of significantly reducing carbon emissions around the world. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, during a […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The resurgence of COVID-19 cases is hanging over the US economy like a thick fog of uncertainty, with recovery likely suppressed and job market recovery hurt by the second wave of the pandemic, Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard said on Tuesday. “A thick fog of uncertainty still […]
The UK high street has seen a tidal wave of job losses due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Last week retailers such as Harrods and Topshop announced redundancies and now John Lewis and Boots have been added to the list. High Street Retailers John Lewis and Boots have […]
A leading economist shares why crisis-time central bank policies are saving zombie companies while hurting small businesses and startups. Our main discussion is with Daniel Lacalle. Daniel is chief economist at Tressis and is the author of numerous books including “Life in the Financial Markets,” “Escape from the Central Bank […]
United States: Record 47.2% Of Working-Age Without Jobs July 7, 2020 United States: Record 47.2% Of Working-Age Without Jobs2020-07-072020-07-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/image-1.jpg200px200px Above photo: A pregnant woman waits in line for groceries with hundreds during a food pantry, sponsored by Healthy Waltham for those in need due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, at St. […]
Does MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow ever get tired of being wrong? She pushed the Russia hoax on a nightly basis for three solid years, you would think that alone would have been enough to shame her off the national stage, but no. She just keeps going on being wrong about other […]
A restaurant server in New York prepares a table. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images A restaurant server in New York prepares a table. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Employers added 4.8 million jobs last month, as the U.S. economy continued to slowly bounce back from a deep […]
Cartoonist Scott Adams has received a barrage of criticisms from ‘woke’ Twitter users angered by his claim that he’s lost three jobs due to being white, one being on the cancelled adaptation of his comic strip ‘Dilbert’. “I lost my TV show for being white when UPN decided it would […]
The Resolution Foundation think tank has warned that Britain needs to embark on its biggest peacetime job creation package, in order to prevent the worst unemployment crisis seen in a generation. Nafis Alam, a Research Affiliate CCAF at the University of Cambridge, believes that the situation unfolding in the wake […]
Rebuilding After Recession: A Plan For Jobs By Janet Williamson, TUC. June 25, 2020 Rebuilding After Recession: A Plan For Jobs2020-06-252020-06-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/06/Solar-Install-Top2-e1496763632969-150×99.jpg200px200px Above photo: Workers installing solar panels from Oxfam International/flickr. Key findings Research carried out for the TUC by Transition Economics reveals that fast-tracking spending on projects such as broadband, green technology, transport and […]
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order putting new restrictions on foreign work visas until the end of 2020, a move the administration said is needed as the economy suffers in the wake of Covid-19 lockdowns. Signed on Monday evening, the order freezes several types of work visas – […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Millions prepare for “prestigious” government jobs in India every year. However, aspirants are now in the doldrums due to the pandemic-induced uncertainty over recruitment as current employees are already facing salary cuts; vacancies are shrinking and recruitment for various jobs in the government sector are on hold. […]
Racism, Lack Of Jobs As Workers Face Social Pandemic By G. Dunkel, Workers World. June 17, 2020 Racism, Lack Of Jobs As Workers Face Social Pandemic2020-06-172020-06-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/black-unemployment-from-workers-world-e1592410910565.jpg200px200px Above: photo Black Unemployment from Workers World. On June 5, President Donald Trump was over the moon with joy. The numbers were “stupendous,” “AMAZING” and “INCREDIBLE.” […]