Posts tagged COVID-19
Job advocates call for ambitious COVID relief
Job advocates call for ambitious COVID relief

Coalition of workforce, community groups seeks cash stimulus, unemployment extension, expansion of food stamps

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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, Mari Castaldi, Chicago Jobs Council, Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition, Chicago Community Loan Fund, Chicago Mayor's Office for People With Disabilities, Economic Security for Illinois, Heartland Alliance, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Women Employed, YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago, CARES Act, Heroes Act, J.B. Pritzker, Restaurants Act, Illinois Working Families, Food Stamps, SNAP Benefits
Pritzker lays out COVID vaccine plan
Pritzker lays out COVID vaccine plan

Health-care workers, long-term-care residents to get shots first, with focus on 50 counties with top death rates

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Ted CoxCoronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, COVID-19 Vaccine, Pfizer, Moderna, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Illinois COVID-19 Testing, J.B. Pritzker, Ngozi Ezike, FDA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Illinois Department of Public Health, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama
Is Restaurants Act on menu for COVID relief?
Is Restaurants Act on menu for COVID relief?

‘It’s a bloodbath, and it’s getting worse’ as restaurants, bars across country face a dreadful winter in pandemic

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Ted CoxRestaurants Act, Rick Bayless, Casey Cora, Frontera Grill, Topolobampo, Xoco, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Heroes Act, Paycheck Protection Program, Earl Blumenauer, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Mike Quigley, National Restaurant Association, Independent Restaurant Coalition, Chicago Independent Venues League, CIVL, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Unemployment, Eugene Scalia
Revs. Jackson, Pfleger back Infinity COVID strike
Revs. Jackson, Pfleger back Infinity COVID strike

SEIU chief negotiator says union has granted concessions on pay, with more talks set for Thursday

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Ted CoxCoronavirus, COVID-19, Jesse Jackson, Michael Pfleger, SEIU Healthcare Illinois, Tavis Grant, Infinity Nursing Homes, Infinity Nursing Home Strike, Infinity Health Care, Carl White Jr., Victory Christian International Ministries, Lakeview Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, Shaba Andrich, Kelli Beard, Holy Covenant United Methodist Church, CARES Act, Marilyn Pagan-Banks, San Mucas United Church of Christ, J.B. Pritzker, Robert Jones, Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church, Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Greg Kelley
Poverty, hunger on the rise
Poverty, hunger on the rise

Study blames end of $1,200 stimulus payments, extra $600 for unemployment in COVID relief

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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, U.S. Poverty, U.S. Hunger, U.S. Census Bureau, Bruce Meyer, University of Chicago, James Sullivan, University of Notre Dame, Jeehoon Han, Zhejiang University, CARES Act, Heroes Act, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, Pandemic Unemployment, Joe Biden, Jeremy Everett, Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty