April 23, 2021 - Smlr_net

23 Apr 2021


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*APRIL 23, 2021*
*Title:*                    West Virginia Unions Pressure Manchin to Back
Biden on Infrastructure Plan
*Source:*               NPR
*Author:*               Don Gonyea
*Date:*                   April 23, 2021
*Summary:*          If President Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure and
jobs plan is going to become a reality, it will very likely need the vote
of every Democrat in the evenly divided Senate. That simple fact puts a
bright spotlight on West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat who
represents a deep-red Republican state — a place that Donald Trump carried
in the past two elections by some 40 percentage points.
*Link:*                    https://n.pr/3dJ4ZlO
*Title:*                    U.S. Wages Are About to Sink in an Odd Sign of
Economic Strength
*Source:*               Bloomberg
*Author:*               Alexandre Tanzi
*Date:*                   April 23, 2021
*Summary:*          With so many gauges of the U.S. economy pointing to an
accelerating recovery, and even a post-pandemic boom, it seems like a
strange time for the government to warn that wages are about to shrink.
*Link:*                    https://bloom.bg/2QODC0O
*Title:*                   The Labor Market is Heating Up As Fewer People
Seek Unemployment Benefits
*Source:*               CNBC
*Author:*               Patti Domm
*Date:*                   April 22, 2021
*Summary:*          Weekly unemployment claims fell to a new pandemic-era
low for a second week, suggesting the labor market’s recovery is picking up
steam and that the April employment report could be strong.
*Link:*                    https://cnb.cx/2RY4Dzn
*Title:*                    N.J.’s Unemployment Benefits Fiasco Was Caused
by the Feds, Labor Chief Says
*Source:*               NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
*Author:*               Sophie Nieto-Munoz
*Date:*                   April 22, 2021
*Summary:*          Federal programs created for workers who weren’t
typically eligible for unemployment insurance and didn’t pay into the
unemployment fund contributed to the major delays in distributing benefits
quickly at the start of the pandemic, Labor officials said during state
Assembly budget hearings Wednesday.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/2QSmIhO
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