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Pima County Library bookshelves.

Pima County libraries reopen with temporary COVID-19 measures

Guests can now pick up books they’ve placed on hold or use computers that have been spaced apart.
A scene from the film "DUSTWUN", written and directed by Genevieve Anderson.

DUSTWUN - A film about life, death & trust on the U.S. / Mexico border.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: How Imago Dei Middle School is building community with food; and - can a borderlands hotel that has survived a century endure the COVID-19 pandemic?
File image of a construction worker in Tucson.

What expectations employees should have about returning to a workplace safe from COVID-19

A discussion with labor attorney Barney Holtzman.
Building an impressive resume is one of the skills covered in the employability course.

Pima County employability class moves online

The training helps displaced workers gain job search skills.
More than 470,000 Arizonans have filed for unemployment in the last six weeks. New expanded jobless benefits begin in May, but advocates worry it won’t be enough to offset the massive damage from the coronavirus.

Jobless benefits expand next month, but advocates worry it’s not enough

Economists and advocates say that while the change is welcome – it’s probably too little, and too late.
Newspaper classified listings.

Arizona distributed $150M in unemployment claims last week

The money included a federal increase in benefits.
UA President Robert Robbins speaks with AZPM, May 2019.

UA president proposes furloughs, pay cuts for 16,000 employees

Robbins says he and senior vice presidents have already taken pay cuts.
File image of a job connection center in Pima County.

Furloughed workers also eligible for unemployment insurance benefits

A discussion with labor attorney Barney Holtzman on benefits available during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Undated image of a woman using a computer at a job connection center in Pima County.

Pima County launches new hotline, website to help displaced workers

Both aim to help people file for unemployment and get connected to job resources.
Jobless claims in Arizona jumped to more than eight times their normal level last week, to 29,000, as the first wave of layoffs from businesses affected by COVID-19 changes hit the state. In a typical week, about 3,500 claims are filed, state officials said.

Arizona jobless claims skyrocket, as coronavirus starts to hit economy

The Department of Economic Security says it's working to get benefits to people, as claims neared almost 30,000 last week.
More than 1,700 workers from a number of unions have been on strike against Asarco copper mining and refining operations in Arizona and Texas for four months now.

Immovable objects: Asarco, striking workers at odds after four months

The strike, which started in October, includes more than 1,700 workers at five Asarco facilities in Texas and Southern Arizona
A restaurant server writes down an order at Rocco's Little Chicago in Tucson.

Economic impacts from Arizona’s $12 minimum wage

UA Eller College of Management economist Juan Pantano weighs in on its effect.
Office work environment.

Study: Fake personas at work can lead to poor job performance and dissatisfaction

The UA-led study says employees who show genuine feelings are more productive.
Workers made their demands known at the start of their strike against Asarco by projecting them on to the side of company facility in Hayden. That was Oct. 13, and workers are still on strike three months later, with the two sides apparently not closer to a settlement.

As strike against Asarco enters fourth month, workers remain determined

Workers brought their fight to the state Capitol on Monday, rallying to demand that lawmakers hold foreign companies accountable for their treatment of U.S. workers.
Most of the 57,000 jobs the Census Bureau hopes to fill in Arizona for the decennial census will be for enumerators, the people who go door to door to follow up with people who have not filled out their Census forms.

Help wanted, and wanted, and wanted: Census to hire 57,000 in Arizona

Most of the jobs in Arizona involve going door to door to interview people who have not filled out the census form.
A TuSimple self-driving truck.

The future automated workplace

How the "new industrial revolution" will affect jobs and education in Tucson and Pima County.

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