Labor

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About 300,000 cleaning workers across the nation who are union members have lost their jobs. More than 3,100 are from the metro region. (Associated Press)

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A local CBS affiliate in Chicago has investigated a spike in fraudulent unemployment claims since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. (Image: CBS-2 Chicago video screenshot)

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Union Protection Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

A FedEx employee is out of a job and a corrections officer is suspended pending an investigation into a video showing two men reenacting the killing of George Floyd during a counter-protest in New Jersey on Monday. (screengrab via Twitter/@HKrassenstein)

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Screen capture from TheAthletic.com, taken June 5, 2020. The sports-news website announced it was laying off 46 employees, 8% of its staff.

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For your safety and the safety of others ... (Illustration by Gary Varvel for Creators Syndicate)

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Illustration on government-run health care by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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JOOLA employees John Miller and Caroline Kajihahra prepare a shipment of face masks at the company's headquarters in Rockville, Maryland. The table tennis supply distributor has sold more than 3 million masks to health care providers. (JOOLA)

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YM Dental pictures A face shield that was 3D printed and assembled by YM Dental Lab. Photos were taken by YM Dental Employee Paul Kim

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Former Washington Redskins tight end Vernon Davis is pursuing a variety of interests after retiring from the NFL, from acting to running a home health care group in Virginia. (Courtesy photo by William Hereford)

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The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform over New York City in a salute to workers battling the coronavirus pandemic on April 28, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo taken by Tech Sgt. Christopher Boitz.)

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Keeping America pensions afloat illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

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Illustration on free markets promoting the best health care by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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President Trump's new 60-day immigration pause, which he says is intended to help laid off U.S. workers competing for jobs, includes a number of exceptions limiting its scope. (Associated Press)

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Unemployment and business uncertainty in the U.S. chart

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In this Feb. 11, 2005, file photo, trays of printed Social Security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Bradley C. Bower, File)

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Americans have confidence the work of the federal government will continue even if members of Congress become ill with coronavirus. (Associated Press)