February 24, 2021 - Smlr_net

24 Feb 2021


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*FEBRUARY 24, 2021*
*Title:*                    After the Strike: Tension and Fear Inside the
Hunts Point Produce Market
*Source:*               New York Magazine
*Author:*               Alexandria Misch
*Date:*                   February 23, 2021
*Summary:*          Over the course of one week in late January, the Local
202 union managed to capture the attention of countless New Yorkers —
including high-profile allies like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Padma
Lakshmi — as the essential workers went on strike outside of Hunts Point
Produce Market to fight for a new contract in the middle of a pandemic. But
in the month since the strike ended, some inside the market have lost hope,
including Michael Reyes, who has also lost his warehouse job.
*Link:*                    http://grb.st/3aOrrbK
*Title:*                    House to Vote on Equality Act: Here’s What the
Law Would Do
*Source:*               NPR
*Author:*               Danielle Kurtzleben
*Date:*                   February 24, 2021
*Summary:*          The House of Representatives is set to vote Wednesday
on the Equality Act, a bill that would ban discrimination against people
based on sexual orientation and gender identity. It would also
substantially expand the areas to which those discrimination protections
apply.
*Link:*                    http://n.pr/37JSt1X
*Title:*                   Wages Grew in 2020 Because the Bottom Fell Out
of the Low-Wage Labor Market
*Source:*               Economic Policy Institute
*Author:*               Elise Gould and Jori Kandra
*Date:*                   February 24, 2021
*Summary:*          This report is the first in a series of reports
examining the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labor market and the
living standards of workers and their families. This series will look at
2020 in historical perspective, examining the peculiarity of the 2020
recession in terms of job losses, wages, labor force participation, and
unemployment.
*Link:*                    http://bit.ly/2P8LdX6
*Title:*                    How New Jersey Averted a Pandemic Financial
Calamity
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Tracey Tully
*Date:*                   February 23, 2021
*Summary:*          It has been five months since New Jersey officials
issued warnings about a coronavirus-related financial calamity. The dire
outlook contributed to lawmakers’ decisions to increase taxes on income
over $1 million and to become one of the first states to borrow billions to
cover operating costs. But the doomsday forecast has since brightened
considerably, officials said, enabling the Democratic governor, Philip D.
Murphy, to unveil a $44.8 billion spending plan on Tuesday that calls for
no new taxes, few cuts and tackles head-on a chronic problem — the state’s
underfunded pension program — for the first time in 25 years.
*Link:*                    http://nyti.ms/2P2JmTv
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