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'I'm using unemployment benefits to buy insulin': U.S. workers face hardships over pandemic

from The Guardian

'I'm using unemployment benefits to buy insulin': U.S. workers face hardships over pandemic The Guardian As millions of workers around the U.S. remain out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic, employers are pushing cuts to wages, eliminating health insurance and other benefits, and terminating workers rather than furloughing them. Rodney Watts worked at the Atlanta international airport employed by the retail and concessions contractor HMS Host for nine years as a warehouse shift supervisor before getting laid off in March. Watts says he is using his unemployment benefits to pay for his insulin, as he lost his health insurance with his job termination. READ MORE

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