The New York Times @nytimes: Denmark has promised to cover 75% - 90% of salaries

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Ahem

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1. I think UK proposed something similar, but it was like 80%.

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2. Good for them. Here we have the Sociopath Party advocating American's elderly are

expendable for the interests of business.

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3. Lpez Obrador proposes paid leave for elderly, cheap loans for small business

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Jude Webber in Mexico City

Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he would sign a decree so that elderly people employed in the public and private sectors could take paid leave, with all their benefits, during the coronavirus crisis and would soon be announcing 1m interest-free or low-rate loans to help small businesses.

“[Telecoms magnate] Carlos Slim sent me word that he is committing not to fire any worker. I ask all businesses to show solidarity,” he said. Alsea, which runs restaurant chains including Starbucks and Burger King, caused a storm last week by inviting invited its workers to take unpaid leave.

Mr López Obrador said that “when the time comes, we’ll grant interest-free or very low-rate loans to 1m small businesses,” including workshops and taco shops, but gave no further details.

To soften the Covid-19 impact, he added that “we have extra funds we can use, of around 400bn pesos ($16bn) … this will enable us to maintain welfare programmes … all of them”.
https://www.ft.com/content/4ac1266a-436d-3128-b068-2d68ddc1485c

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4. 'This is not a playing matter': Perdue plant employees walk out over COVID-19 concerns

Close to 50 employees who walked out Monday morning say some workers on the production line were in contact with people who tested positive for COVID-19
Author: Sarah Hammond
Published: 10:45 PM EDT March 23, 2020
Updated: 9:22 AM EDT March 24, 2020

KATHLEEN, Ga. — The Perdue plant in Kathleen was a little emptier Monday after about 50 employees walked out.

They said they don't feel safe working around people who have potentially been exposed to coronavirus and want the plant to do more to protect their employees.

"We're not getting nothing -- no type of compensation, no nothing, not even no cleanliness, no extra pay -- no nothing. We're up here risking our life for chicken," said employee Kendaliyn Granville.
https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/local/perdue-employees-walk-out-as-coronavirus-concerns-grow/93-7c7bdcbb-f3ec-439b-b541-9070e758b5cb