One in five people in the United States who were working in February 2020 reported losing a job or being furloughed in March or the beginning of April, and that pain was highly concentrated among low earners (Smialek 2020). According to a Federal Reserve Official quoted by the New York Times, fully 39 percent of former workers living in a household earning $40,000 or less lost work, compared with 13 percent in those making more than $100,000. For lower income families, especially where the main household earners lost their jobs and where there are often insufficient alternative sources of funding, people are asking themselves how they will live. Similarly, the Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the lives of Myanmar working families in rural communities in China and Thailand, and workers in rural communities in the United States. As Covid-19 has affected Myanmar workers in different rural areas and American workers are severely unemployed and unable to survive, the government should gradually restore the work industry to ensure the livelihood of the unemployed.
Covid-19 makes people unable to survive. Jennifer C. Franco clarified the key point that Covid-19 has had a serious impact on big cities, but the problems in rural areas cannot be ignored. The author described how Myanmar workers responded to the sudden outbreak of Covid-19 in other countries and what actions they took.Jennifer C. Franco said that because Burmese workers who were tied to the workplace empty-handed and far from surrounding villages were stranded in China, urgent appeals began to circulate on social media. He also pointed out that the sudden closure of garment factories in February put thousands of workers (mainly young women) and their families into crisis. After the Thai government announced that its borders would be closed on March 23, thousands of Myanmar workers in Thailand suddenly lost their jobs and rushed to leave. Jennifer C.Franco (2020) sheds light on the crucial point that Covid-19 has a severe impact on big cities, but the problems in rural areas cannot be ignored. Thousands of Burmese workers in Thailand suddenly lost their jobs and rushed to leave. In general, hunger, poverty, exclusion, exploitation and oppression have become normal living conditions for many people in many places (not just Myanmar). Also,a Florida Politics analysis of May 2018 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data – Nationwide, unemployment claims jumped 33 percent in the past week, and jobless claims rose to more than 280,000 compared with about 211,000 from the previous week. It’s the highest number of weekly claims since 2017, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
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