An award-winning chef. A brewery owner. An actor from 'Hamilton.' A bartender. A server at an airport. All have been dramatically affected by measures closing businesses to combat the spread of the coronavirus. These are the voices of the shutdown:
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“It's honestly been a disaster,” said Christina Liberatore Gabel, who lost her job as a hairstylist the week prior. “Both of us have lost our jobs -- and so now we're scrambling to figure out how we can pay our bills, pay the mortgage ... kind of trying to figure out how long is this going to last – is it going to get worse?”
“I know some people who are afraid to go to a hospital if they get sick,” he said. “Because, you know, ICE – they are very afraid of ICE.” Oakes was midway through job training when he was abruptly laid off. The same day, he sought to apply for unemployment with the help of his wife, Michelle. They first attempted to apply for unemployment online via the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services website, but immediately encountered difficulties.
Wednesday, the Oakes received an updated notice from ADWS regarding filing for unemployment. “They’re referring us to the internet and the phone line,” said Michelle. “But as soon as the phone picks up, there’s a message that says, ‘heavy call volume,’ and you become disconnected immediately.”Julianna Calderon, a server at a local restaurant in Long Island, NY was laid off last Tuesday and worries about paying off her student loans.
“You’d get through about two pages of paperwork, and the website would just crash,” Calderon said. “It took me two days alone to create an account.” Connolly hoped to be one step ahead of unemployment filing, immediately looking for available jobs and tried applying for unemployment on the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity website.
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