Question

1. Please name for me five to ten occupations that are among the ‘hardest hit’ by the pandemic in terms of workers losing wage income starting in March, 2020. 2. Please name for me five to ten occupations that are---or appear to be—the ‘least’ hardest hit by the pandemic in terms of lost wages 3. Are there any differences you can see, generally speaking, between the groups you listed in question 1 and in question 2? A college education? The nature of the job itself? How so? Membership in a union? 4. What is a union, exactly? Please name some occupations that tend to be ‘unionized’ in our country. Please name some of the largest unions in the U.S. and Santa Clara County. 5. How far should our government (G) go in order to try to “make whole” the workers in question #1? Should our G try to transfer money to these workers? Yes? WHY? How much? A. One quarter of their lost income? B. One third? C. One half? D. ALL OF IT???????? E. Do you see any potential problems with D???? What might they be? 6. Okay. One could argue that D may be a little extreme…. You have to form your own opinion….. IS NOW THE TIME IN OUR COUNTRY’S HISTORY FOR US TO CHANGE OUR CURRENT SYSTEM OF INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND WEALTH DISTRIBUTION? IF SO, just in general terms, what should we do? Why?

Answer 1

Question: 1.

Please name for me five to ten occupations that are among the ‘hardest hit’ by the pandemic in terms of workers losing wage income starting in March, 2020.

Solution:

Occupations that are the ‘hardest hit’ by the pandemic in March 2020 are given below

1	Hotel Industry
2	Shipping industry
3	Film production
4	Food service industry
5	Transportation industry
6	Textile industry
7	Daily wage based occupation