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Jun 12, 2018 • 3 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
Two important pieces on #Initiative77 and why you should be #YesOn77:

-- From @elizaischultz + @mboteach: popville.com/2018/06/the-ca…

-- From @rwest817 + @kfgrobbins: talkpoverty.org/2018/06/04/yes…
And this point that @elizaischultz + @mboteach is so key if you are wondering why you may be seeing some of the "no on 77" arguments you are seeing -- it's about power in the workplace, who has it and who doesn't popville.com/2018/06/the-ca… Image
The same power imbalances that explain why a tipped minimum wage is bad for workers -- given risk of harassment, wage theft, and so on -- are also at play when you see opponents afraid of speaking up for #Initiative77 b/c of possible retaliation
thinkprogress.org/should-dc-rest…

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Sep 21, 2020
President Trump’s move to push through a Supreme Court nominee is rightfully drawing attention to the Trump admin’s ongoing attempt to overturn the Affordable Care Act through the courts.

I thought I’d share a few resources on what it would mean for Trump to get his way 1/
If successful, the lawsuit Trump supports would cause 20 million to lose coverage and put 135 million with pre-existing conditions at risk (those are pre-COVID estimates)

This page shows what that means in every state (858k lose coverage in PA alone) 2/ americanprogress.org/issues/healthc…
With people no longer able to stay on parents’ plans till 26, the # of young adults uninsured would rise 74% -- by 8.8 million 3/ urban.org/sites/default/… Image
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Aug 7, 2020
Quick thread: the Trump admin has been pretty unclear about what it means by an "EO on unemployment insurance," but the main idea I've seen floated is notable in both how insufficient and counter-productive it would be 1/
Per Politico, the Trump admin is considering allowing states to use money from a $150 bn CARES Act fund to top off benefits, in lieu of the Federal $600 bump that expired almost two weeks ago politico.com/news/2020/08/0… 2/
Why is this a terrible idea? First, states/localities are facing desperate funding crises now, so they need that money (and much more) to address public health and prevent layoffs of teachers and other public employees. This would make those funding crises even worse 3/
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Jul 13, 2020
This story does a great job illustrating a point I tried to make in this piece -- the economy isn't set up for an "in-between" space between open and closed, and a failed government response is forcing devastating choices that could be avoided 1/ washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/0…
The failed public health response has created uncertainty over how long before we get to "normal." And a lack of policy clarity means small businesses, state/local governments, workers and households all make decisions that hurt public health and the recovery in the meantime 2/
- Small businesses that would otherwise be viable shut down, rather than risk more debt
- Facing uncertain budgets, states + cities lay off employees
- The virus is harder to contain b/c businesses feel more pressure to stay open + sick workers feel more pressure to come in 3/
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Jun 11, 2020
NEW: @olinsky and I have a new brief out about how the Trump admin’s approach to COVID-19 forces workers into a devastating choice between health and economic security americanprogress.org/issues/economy…
A failure to put in place effective public health measures or workplace safety standards - plus efforts to undermine UI and other protections - risks both increasing spread of the virus and slowing economic recovery
And Black and Latinx workers and communities are likely to face the greatest pain from this forced choice, both from the virus itself and its economic consequences
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Jun 5, 2020
A2 p. 1: The Black-white unemployment rate is a persistent feature in our labor market, when the economy is growing or when it is in recession -- and Jobs Day discussions often wrongly accept it as a fact of life, rather than an outrage and a policy failure #beyondthenumbers
A2 p. 2: Labor market discrimination, mass incarceration, enormous racial wealth gaps, residential segregation -- simultaneously legacies of history and ongoing features of our economy and society -- all contribute #beyondthenumbers
A2 p. 3: And given today's numbers, we should be especially mindful of how in every recession and recovery to date, Black workers have suffered from being "first fired, last hired" #beyondthenumbers
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May 21, 2020
By allowing unemployment insurance to compensate workers for reduced hours while they stay on payroll, the work-sharing program could be ideal for many biz + employees. Yet only 143,000 ppl are using it, and that poor take-up highlights bigger problems w/ US crisis response 1/
First, it reflects chronic, often-intentional disinvestment in government infrastructure – making it hard to scale up a program that runs through the understaffed, overtaxed Unemployment Insurance system 2/
Second, it is reliant on states choosing to set up their own programs – which means that in more than 20 states, workers and employers don’t have the option to use work-sharing because their leaders have simply chosen not to make it available 3/
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