Crisis Conversations: Living with layoffs of pandemic proportions

The coronavirus pandemic is completely disrupting the way we work, and the way we live,That’s why the Better Life Lab is offering  Crisis Conversations - Live from Better Life Lab. With host Brigid Schulte working from her home office — recording into the cheap mic built into the cord of her earbuds — we're recording live Zoom sessions on Fridays.Our lead guest for this episode is Rachel Deutsch, supervising attorney for worker justice at the Center for Popular Democracy. We'll also hear front-line stories from four workers. They'll share their experiences of pandemic furloughs, and snafus with unemployment insurance — including one laid-off worker who has called hundreds of times, to try to file her claim.We want these sessions to be an intimate, interactive space for people to take a breath, and share stories. We'll reflect and gain some perspective and context, and think about what these changes could mean for the future of work, gender equity, health and social policy. If you'd like to attend our next live-recorded Zoom event — on Friday, April 17, about how coronavirus is upending the lives of frontline nurses and doctors. We'll hear directly from healthcare workers living in virtual quarantine to try to protect their own families.And if you'd like to join this week's live webinar taping of Crisis Conversations, follow this link:https://newamerica.zoom.us/webinar/register/3915864469789/WN_8WzNCXP3Ro-BoPqauYF75QThis live event — on Friday, April 17, 1 pm Eastern — focuses on how the coronavirus pandemic has upended the lives of the frontline healthcare workers exposed to the deadly virus, many of whom are living away from their families in order to keep them safe.More at: https://www.newamerica.org/events/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.