We have just posted a summary of the benefits which can assist workers under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act, H.R. 748), which was passed by Congress, signed into law on March 27, and went into effect immediately.
The summary, available at https://www.ueunion.org/covid19/hr748, covers the worker-related highlights of the bill, which include expanded unemployment insurance, forgivable loans to help employers with less than 500 workers maintain payroll, direct payments to adults, and aid for state and local governments, homeowners and renters, and students.
The law also contains many deplorable handouts for big business that show the depth of corporate cronyism in Washington, DC. However, it does provide a down payment on the economic relief that working people need.
We have also updated our COVID-19 Information for Workers page with the UE officers' statement, “Workers’ Lives vs. Corporate Profits,” and updated information about which workers have access to paid sick leave/paid family leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201).
