Posts Tagged ‘unemployment’
COVID-19 Response: Closed for Business
In this episode, hear from tipped service-industry workers about the challenges they’re facing as restaurants and bars around the state close their doors—unless you’re ordering to-go. And host Khalil Ekulona calls his old boss, Ken Carson, who owns Nexus Brewery & Restaurant to talk about shuttering a location because of the impact of the COVID…
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March 27, 2020 – Senior producer Matt Grubs speaks with Sec. Bill McCamley of Workforce Solutions about the state’s expanded response for workers who have been laid off because of actions to stop the spread of the new coronavirus. New Mexico’s unemployment numbers jumped from 800 new jobless claims two weeks ago to nearly 32,000 as the week draws to a…
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