COVID-19: Asian Americans' joblessness has lasted longer in pandemic
Last week, San Diego airport bartender Anita Burbage got the call she’d been waiting months to hear – that it was time to go back to work. Burbage, 56, who came to the United States in 1991 from her native Philippines, didn’t mind that she’d be instead working as a server, and for just two days a week. After spending most of the past year unemployed, the Chula Vista, California, resident was grateful to be working again. She and her hospitality worker colleagues have survived the year in part because of regular Zoom chats organized by their union in which they share their fears: ...
Source: freep.com