Pandemic Threatens Long-Term Job Security After Hospitality Industry Layoffs

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COVID-19's economic aftershocks have hit the hospitality industry especially hard. Experts say it may not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2023, as hospitality workers bear the brunt of this long downturn.

, which would provide financial assistance to businesses falling behind on their commercial mortgages, pitched specifically as a lifeline to hotels. It was introduced but has not moved out of the House Committee on Financial Services.

"The folks that are bearing the brunt of this [downturn] are our front-line staff, our hourly employees," Grose said. Nationally, around 4 out of every 10 hospitality jobs were lost due to the pandemic, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The union has pushed for a local law guaranteeing recall rights in Philadelphia as well as in Las Vegas. Advocates have succeeded in cities including Los Angeles and Oakland, Calif., but the idea has not been widely adopted. Some union contracts contain the right of recall language, but some, such as the contract with Warwick Hotel workers, sunset six months after layoffs happened. Others have extended recalls either voluntarily or under pressure from workers.

 

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My observation is that life would move toward normal faster if people stopped gathering in crowds without masks. Virus just keeps finding new hosts. Let’s help each other. 😷

In August, Nevada reported the highest unemployment rate at 13.2%, up from 3.8% in August of last year. Unemployment rates remained in the double digits for 9 other states, including New York and California.

As ususal, the most vulnerable are given the least assistance. The money is not going to those who need it most. The Trump/GOP agenda of making COVID-19 a lifestyle, instead of a moment, only makes the recovery that much more difficult.

Another democrat failure

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And you can thank idiotic Democratic run cities for the majority of this problem. There is no need to lock down or have severe restrictions for a virus that has no effect on people with normal vitamin D levels

Trump doesn’t care

Thanks to the media ,hospitals only treating this Chinese virus but the rest of illnesses stay home and died.

The people who unleashed the virus didn't think long term! They only thought of themselves and stop DJT from all the winning we were doing prior to the ' pandemic'! TRUMP 2020!

Just don’t be poor. It’s gross.

horrible

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