Flu.Watch - Influenza News and Updates
Reports on the Coronavirus and Influenza Around the World
  • Home
  • Updates
Navigation: Main Page > Updates > Hospitality Workers Union Estimates 80 To 90% Of Members Will Lose Jobs During Coronavirus

Breaking News

Answers to 9 crucial questions about the coronavirus variants spreading around the world
Prisons are covid hot spots. But few countries are prioritizing vaccines for inmates.
Biden Outlines $1.9 Trillion Spending Package to Combat Virus and Downturn
What’s in Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan
Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan calls for stimulus checks, unemployment support and more

Updates

Hospitality Workers Union Estimates 80 To 90% Of Members Will Lose Jobs During Coronavirus

Editor Huffington Post March 19, 2020

The leading labor union for hospitality workers said Wednesday that it expects 80% to 90% of its 300,000 members to be out of work due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The estimates from Unite Here illustrate the staggering economic damage inflicted on the service sector by the pandemic. The union’s members, a majority of whom are women, tend to work in hotels, airports and casinos ― all businesses that have been hammered by closures and a precipitous drop in demand.

On a call with reporters Wednesday, union officials said employees in the hospitality industry are facing an unprecedented crisis and that members of Congress and the White House need to put workers at the center of any rescue packages.

D. Taylor, the union’s president, panned the emergency paid leave bill …continued .
[Source: Huffington Post]

Related Posts

Updates /

Answers to 9 crucial questions about the coronavirus variants spreading around the world

Updates /

Prisons are covid hot spots. But few countries are prioritizing vaccines for inmates.

Updates /

Biden Outlines $1.9 Trillion Spending Package to Combat Virus and Downturn

‹ The increase in US coronavirus cases over time looks like a steep staircase, a sign that the outbreak is far from contained › 6 relatives hospitalized with coronavirus after woman dies from illness
January 2021
M T W T F S S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
« Dec    

Recent Updates

  • Answers to 9 crucial questions about the coronavirus variants spreading around the worldAnswers to 9 crucial questions about the coronavirus variants spreading around the world
  • Prisons are covid hot spots. But few countries are prioritizing vaccines for inmates.Prisons are covid hot spots. But few countries are prioritizing vaccines for inmates.
  • Biden Outlines $1Biden Outlines $1.9 Trillion Spending Package to Combat Virus and Downturn
  • What’s in Biden’s $1What’s in Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan
  • Biden's $1Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan calls for stimulus checks, unemployment support and more

Flu Watch Monthly Archives

  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020

Browse by Popular Tag

Business Insider BuzzFeed CBS News Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CNBC CNN Fox News Huffington Post New York Times The Guardian Washington Post World Health Organization Yahoo News

Back to Top

  • DMCA / Copyright
(c) 2020 Flu.Watch