Jobs losses

“This has been the most severe crisis for the world of work since The Great Depression of the 1930s. Its impact is far greater than that of the global financial crisis of 2009,” ILO Director-General Guy Ryder said in a statement, according to The Associated Press. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus pandemic cost equivalent of 255 million jobs: UN report

In the U.S., reported COVID cases last week averaged 194,252 per day, down 21% from 245,365 a week earlier and 13% from the total two weeks before. Net new hospitalizations and net new ICU admissions have also turned lower, dropping into negative territory just after the start of the year. Both those measures, on a seven-day moving average, appear to have peaked in mid-November. … [Read more...] about Liz Peek: Here’s why Joe Biden could get very lucky in his first 100 days as president

In October, the UN’s  Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity said in a report that habitat destruction and overconsumption would increase the chances of animal borne diseases infecting people in the future, noting that there are currently 850,000 viruses found in animals that could eventually infect humans.  … [Read more...] about UN chief warns of ‘existential threats’ to climate, biodiversity

“This has been the most severe crisis for the world of work since the Great Depression of the 1930s," he said. "When comparing with the last quarter of 2019, we now see that 8.8 percent of global working hours were lost in the course of the year.  And that is the equivalent of 255 million full time jobs.”    … [Read more...] about Signs of Recovery Emerging from Massive COVID Labor Crisis

“There are lots of loopholes and lots of exceptions. What this executive order does is close up those loopholes, push out those exceptions, and also creates a new position within the White House to focus on made in America,” said Iwinksi. … [Read more...] about President Joe Biden’s ‘Buy American’ Executive Order Could Benefit Western Pennsylvania, Trade Experts Say