7 millions Americans will lose all unemployment benefits this week and another 3 million will lose the extra $300 in federal aid.
In total, it will be one of the most abrupt cuts to gov’t aid in US history t.co/8YtTdROdlN via @yjtorbati @andrewvandam @alyssafowers
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) September 5, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mary Taboniar went 15 months without a paycheck, thanks to the COVID pandemic. A housekeeper at the Hilton Hawaiian Village resort in Honolulu, the single mother of two saw her income completely vanish as the virus devastated the hospitality industry.
For more than a year, Taboniar depended entirely on boosted unemployment benefits and a network of local foodbanks to feed her family. Even this summer as the vaccine rollout took hold and tourists began to travel again, her work was slow to return, peaking at 11 days in August — about half her pre-pandemic workload.