Pandemic plunges 100 million more workers into poverty UN By NINA LARSON, Agence France-Presse
Published June 2, 2021 11:58pm
Commuters wearing protective face masks walk on Pratunam pier in Bangkok, Thailand on April 26, 2021. Mladen Antonov/AFP GENEVA The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed more than 100 million more workers into poverty, the UN said Wednesday, after working hours plummeted and access to good-quality jobs evaporated. And the labor market crisis created by the pandemic was far from over, the UN s International Labour Organization warned in a report. Employment was not expected to bounce back to pre-pandemic levels until 2023 at the earliest, it said. The ILO s annual World Employment and Social Outlook report indicated that the planet would be 75 million jobs short at the end of this year compared to if the pandemic had not occurred.
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