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Added on the 29/06/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
President Donald Trump faces a ticking clock with respect to the current proposed COVID-19 relief package. Trump has suggested he may reject the $900 billion package that Congress approved earlier this week unless lawmakers include $2,000 stimulus payments. Business Insider reports Trump could cost jobless workers a week of $300 federal unemployment benefits if he fails to sign the bill by midnight Saturday. Business Insider reports nearly 14 million Americans may lose all their unemployment aid this weekend if the bill doesn't pass. Labor experts say a two-to-three week gap in unemployment benefits is inevitable, as states need to recalibrate their computer systems to send the payments.
Bogota, Aug 21 (EFE).- Workers in Colombia's tourism and hospitality sectors held a protest Friday on the outskirts of the country's largest airport to demand the complete lifting of the restrictions imposed on March 25 to slow the spread of the coronavirus.Juliana Robles was among the hundred or so airline and hotel employees who took part in the rally outside Bogota's El Dorado International Airport."We are marching for our right to work, our right to be heard. Because we want to return to takeoff, we want to return to connecting Colombia to the world," she told Efe. (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ). SHOT LIST: WORKERS IN COLOMBIA'S TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY DEMAND A LIFTING OF PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS DURING A PROTEST AT EL DORADO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
Washington, Mar 31 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Edwin Ramírez) Chefs and restaurants have come together to create Restaurant Workers Relief Program, which helps restaurant and bar workers who have lost their jobs due to the Covid-19 crisis. In 14 different cities, these workers who have seen their hours cut in half or simply been fired can get food everyday provided by the program. FOOTAGE OF THE HELP.SOUNDBITES OF DEMITIAN GILBERT, MANAGER SUCCOTASH PENN QUARTER.
People gather in Vienna's main square to protest against recent Covid-19 measures enforced by the government including mandatory vaccines by February and restrictions. IMAGES of people protesting in Vienna
Bangkok, Oct 14 (EFE/EPA).- Anti-government protesters took to the streets again on Thursday calling for the resignation of the Thai prime minister due to the government's mishandling of the COVID-19 crisis. On Thursday morning, Thailand's Ministry of Public Health reported 11,276 new Covid-19 virus infections and another 112 fatalities. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK). SHOT LIST: POLICE OFFICERS STOOD GUARD AS THEY CONTROL THE AREA OF THE ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS' RALLY AT THE DEMOCRACY MONUMENT, BANGKOK, THAILAND.