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May 7, 2020

7 May 2020 Earlier today, the US Department of Labor (DOL) reported another 3169 million initial unemployment insurance (UI) claims across the United States for the week ending...

May 4, 2020

4 May 2020 NOTE: The following excerpts come from a 3 May 2020 column published by Common Dreams To read the full article, click here COVID-19 has set the US economy on fire...

May 1, 2020

1 May 2020 As analysts await the April 2020 Employment Situation data release from the US Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) – scheduled to drop on 8...

April 24, 2020

24 April 2020 Since a record-shattering 68 million unemployment insurance (UI) claims were made during the week ending 28 March 2020, the United States has experienced three...

April 21, 2020

21 April 2020 Late last month, researchers at the NYU Furman Center released a dataset that grouped more than 500 occupations into two categories: (1) those that are most...

April 16, 2020

16 April 2020 Eyes have been glued to the US Department of Labor's (DOL's) Unemployment Insurance (UI) Data website for at least the past four weeks, as the nation...

April 15, 2020

15 April 2020 Today, the ILR School at Cornell University launched a "Work and the Coronavirus" online portal to provide essential and timely information on how COVID-19...

April 14, 2020

As a core component of the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab's Good DEEDS initiative, High Road Policy (HRP) is committed to democratizing local and regional data to empower residents and...

April 10, 2020

10 April 2020 According to new data developed by the NYU Furman Center, nearly one in every three civilian workers in New York State—about 3 million New Yorkers—work in...

April 9, 2020

9 April 2020 According to data released today by the US Department of Labor, the number of weekly unemployment claims filed across the US fell by around 4% after reaching a...