Allan James, President of CUPE 3261, explained in an interview with The Varsity that “the union is supporting all of the laid off members” with accessing the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), which provides $2000 per month for eligible Canadians whose employment has been affected by the pandemic.

At least six police unions qualified for a combined total of $2 million to $4.4 million in emergency U.S. government loans intended to help small businesses stay afloat during the coronavirus lockdown, according to data released Monday by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

"Public health advocates and unions use freedom of information to get the data, which are often incomplete, making comparisons difficult. LTC homes also wanted fewer inspections, especially surprise resident quality inspections that take can days or weeks, and that each home was supposed to get once a year. The Health Coalition says it’s misleading for the government to claim complaint- and critical incident-based inspections are equal to an annual RQI."

"Nearly 400 people who were either wounded while serving in the U.S. military in Afghanistan or are family members of service members who died in the conflict sued a group of companies on Friday they say helped fund attacks against Americans by making protection payments to the Taliban."

"The government’s pandemic response has been tainted by a corruption scandal over the purchase of hospital ventilators, which led to the resignation and house arrest of the health minister. Ms. Añez’s political rivals have accused her of using state resources earmarked for the pandemic to benefit her election campaign. Despite originally promising to stand down after the end of her caretaker term, Ms. Añez is now seeking to keep her office in the September general elections."