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The essential worker trap
RT @EmilyStewartM: You can't collect unemployment if you quit your job, meaning essential workers are stuck.
And as states reopen, more and more people are going to face a similar conundrum: risk your paycheck, or risk your health.
https://t.co/pzp0ilXm9F
OpenUnemployment isn’t an option for some of the country’s most vulnerable workers.
RT @EmilyStewartM: You can't collect unemployment if you quit your job, meaning essential workers are stuck.
And as states reopen, more and more people are going to face a similar conundrum: risk your paycheck, or risk your health.
https://t.co/pzp0ilXm9F
OpenThe essential worker trap
Unemployment isn’t an option for some of the country’s most vulnerable workers.
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