May 21, 2021 - Smlr_net

21 May 2021


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*May 21, 2021*
*Title:*                    U.S. Jobless Claims Fall Again As Some States
End Federal Aid
*Source:*               Associated Press
*Author:*               Christopher Rugaber
*Date:*                   May 20, 2021
*Summary:*          Fewer Americans sought unemployment benefits last week
— the latest encouraging sign for the rebounding U.S. economy — just as
Republican-led states are moving to cut off a federal benefit for the
jobless.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/2T6ZaH4
*Title:*                    U.S. Commerce Secretary on Unemployment Checks,
Women in the Work Force and Inflation
*Source:*               PBS NewsHour
*Author:*               Amna Nawaz
*Date:*                   May 20, 2021
*Summary:*          U.S. jobless claims were at their lowest levels since
March of last year according to numbers released Thursday. Hiring is on the
rise, as are renewed questions about the need for the weekly $300 federal
unemployment benefits, which many Republican governors across the country
are rejecting for their states. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo
joins Amna Nawaz to discuss the matter and more.
*Link:*                    https://to.pbs.org/3bJwiuS
*Title:*                   Newly Formed Producers Union Seeks to
Collectively Bargain for Indie Feature Filmmakers
*Source:*               Deadline
*Author:*               David Robb
*Date:*                   May 20, 2021
*Summary:*          There’s a new union in town: the Producers Union, which
is the first all-new Hollywood labor union to be formed in decades. More
than 100 indie feature filmmakers have unanimously ratified its
constitution, and more than 300 have signed letters of intent to join.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/341KISX
*Title:*                    Unions Take Up the Fight for Racial Justice
*Source:*               Organizing Upgrade
*Author:*               Stephanie Luce
*Date:*                   May 19, 2021
*Summary:*          The labor movement will not survive at all, let alone
build power, without a serious racial analysis and making racial justice
key to their core mission.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/2T28hsp
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