Out of Work The coronavirus shutdown through the eyes of the recently unemployed (californiasunday.com)
Restaurants let go of their servers and cooks. Hotels furloughed housekeepers and concierges. Corporations laid off managers and salespeople. With extraordinary speed, the coronavirus has torn through nearly every corner of the economy. Even as states have lifted their shelter-in-place orders and people return to work, millions still remain at home, waiting to jump back into a job market that may no longer have space for them. Workers across nine industries reflect on paying the bills, filling their days, and — as the clock on expanded federal benefits begins to run out — facing an economy dramatically changed.
As told to Rowan Moore Gerety and Laura Rena Murray
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