Nearly half of the world's workforce is at immediate risk of losing their livelihood because of coronavirus, the International Labour Organization warned on Wednesday.
The continued sharp decline in working hours, as well as lockdown measures due to the outbreak means that 1.6 billion informal economy workers around the world “stand in immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed,” according to the organization's analysis. “For millions of workers, no income means no food, no security and no future. As the pandemic and the jobs crisis evolve, the need to protect the most vulnerable becomes even more urgent," the U.N. agency’s director general, Guy Ryder, told a briefing on Wednesday.is being felt hardest by informal workers and by enterprises in high-risk sectors.
It has exposed the frailties and inequalities of our societies. We must build a better normal that supports the most vulnerable first.
TODAYshow Plz like my last 2 tweets!!!
TODAYshow Fauci the Fascist speaks again. Mussolini would’ve loved this guy! Fauci sounds like Faust. Who’d he sell his soul to to keep screwing with people’s Constitutional rights?
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TODAYshow They can if Trump in the Republican politicians take away liability for corporations so they can make more profit☠☠☠☠☠☠😡😡😡🇺🇸🇺🇸
TODAYshow He is a very smart infectious disease expert. He is focused solely on the disease. Politicians and society need to care about more than the disease though. What are the secondary effects of the lockdowns? Poverty? Homelessness? Overall, are they hurting more than helping?
TODAYshow Like they care. The 401k is down
TODAYshow Well the president is telling them too!!!!
TODAYshow It's okay they just wont report the new cases.
TODAYshow Anyone know what the math in the models looks like? Any online versions to tinker with?
TODAYshow Dr Fauci is a good man,But a lot of Americans don't listen to his advice.
TODAYshow Too bad they are though...
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TODAYshow But it will because the government is ran by science deniers and some of them are mentally challenged so.... 🤷🏻♀️
TODAYshow Enough of this guy....he's been about as accurate as a bad weatherman.
TODAYshow 1234 Donald Trump has to go. Back to raggedy Trump Tower
wbaltv11 TODAYshow It is up to each governor. And believe me, they are moving too slow.
TODAYshow The president expects his 30% and sycophant governors to get back out there so he can get elected. Folks, ignore any related carnage.
TODAYshow Enough of this Corona crap, open the barber shops and nail salons already!
TODAYshow Its going to anyway
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