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US Jobless Benefit Claims Drop for 4th Straight Week
Voice of America
28 May 2021, 04:05 GMT+10
New claims for jobless benefits in the United States dropped for the fourth straight week, the Labor Department reported Thursday, as the world s biggest economy continues its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
A total of 406,000 out-of-work employees filed for unemployment compensation, down 38,000 from the revised figure of the week before, the agency said. The figure was the lowest total since mid-March 2020 when the pandemic first swept into the country, although still nearly twice the pre-coronavirus weekly average of 218,000 in 2019.
More than half of U.S. adults have now been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, boosting the economic recovery, although the pace of inoculations has dropped from its peak a few weeks ago.
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As hardworking taxpayers tightened their belts last year to cope with pay cuts and job losses, Toronto’s municipal employees were busy cashing in bigger paycheques with your tax dollars.
The City of Toronto currently employs 34,603 workers. Last year, only 104 of them didn’t get a raise. That means over 99.6% of Toronto municipal employees got a pay hike.
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Toronto has been experiencing a tale of two pandemics. Government employees have largely got through the downturn scot free, while workers outside of government have borne the burden.
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NEW YORK More than half of Americans approve of President Joe Biden after nearly 100 days on the job, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling, a level of support that his Republican predecessor Donald Trump never achieved and one that should help Democrats push for infrastructure spending and other big-ticket items on Biden’s agenda.
The national opinion poll of 4,423 adults from April 12-16 found that 55% approved of Biden’s performance in office, while 40% disapproved and the rest were not sure.
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