For struggling low-wage workers, pandemic makes things even worse
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Businesses are closing and laying off workers, resulting in more than 3 million people filing for unemployment last week.
The nation’s low-wage workforce has been hit the hardest.
Already living paycheck to paycheck, many workers are now unemployed or working fewer hours.
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Tom Streitz is the president and CEO of Twin Cities Rise, a workforce nonprofit based in north Minneapolis.
Pronita Gupta is the director of job quality at the Center for Law and Social Policy, which advocates for policies that benefit low-income people.
Jon Collins is a senior reporter on MPR News' Race, Class and Communities desk where he also covers labor issues.
Ignacia Ambriz works at Sam’s Club. She has been a member of Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha for 11 years.
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