America’s unequal economic recovery
Oct 09, 2020
3 minutes
By Alana Abramson and Abby Vesoulis
The Brief is reported by Alejandro de la Garza, Mélissa Godin, Suyin Haynes, Anna Purna Kambhampaty, Ciara Nugent, Billy Perrigo, Madeline Roache and Olivia B. Waxman
T WAS THE EVE OF THEIR OCT. 2 WEDDING WHEN Brittany Riley and Peter Golembiewski read the news. The Payroll Support Program that Congress passed in March to keep airline workers like them employed during the pandemic had expired. Golembiewski was furloughed, losing his salary and health care. Riley voluntarily accepted a furlough, forgoing a paycheck
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