Immigrant workers without legal status perform essential work; they are part of our community. Yet they are excluded from Unemployment Insurance and most forms of public assistance.
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With tens of thousands of laid-off Oregonians still waiting for their first Unemployment Insurance (UI) check, advocates are calling on the state to encourage unemployed workers to also apply for other forms of public assistance that can tide them over until UI benefits arrive.
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Last week, a fight over a ballot measure to fund services for people experiencing homelessness in the Portland metropolitan area spilled out into public view.
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Every crisis, no matter the depths of despair, creates a new opportunity. And the most impactful way to seize that opportunity is to change public policy.
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Suspending the Oregon Corporate Activity Tax (CAT), as some in the business community have urged, would undermine school funding at a time when resources for education will already be in short supply.
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In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and resulting economic crash, Congress has passed multiple response bills since the pandemic began.
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Even before Congress had finished enacting the largest federal response yet to the coronavirus crisis, it was clear that this historic package would not be nearly enough.
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Federal help for workers enacted in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis leaves out a key portion of Oregon’s workforce. Already excluded from most safety net supports, undocumented workers laid off from their jobs find themselves in an especially vulnerable situation.
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La pandemia de coronavirus ha causado órdenes de quedarse en casa, el cierre de escuelas y mucho más, pero el censo de 2020 sigue en pie.
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Today, we honor the sacrifice of women on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, many of whom work for lower pay than men.
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