US election: Losing your job

The Documentary Podcast

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Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Our conversations reflect the impact Covid-19 has had on the US economy and on people’s jobs and wellbeing. We hear from a cook in northern California and a PBX switchboard operator in Massachusetts, who both lost their jobs and are struggling to make ends meet and pay the bills. They talk about how they feel forgotten, how the social system isn’t working for them, and how the main presidential candidates are not talking to them. And we hear from three flight attendants, who all lost their jobs after an economic relief plan in Congress stalled. One of them, Breaunna Ross, posted a video of her emotional farewell to passengers on her final flight, which has been viewed more than two million times on YouTube.

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0:00.0	Some podcasts are about the news,
0:04.0	some podcasts are about politics and science and history,
0:09.0	but my new podcast for the BBC World Service is about losing man I loved. It's called
0:18.1	Goodbye to All This and you can find it by searching for goodbye to all this wherever you get your podcasts.
0:27.0	Hello, I'm Nula McGovran on the BBC World Service and this is BBC O.S. election conversations, jobs and the economy.
0:37.0	As COVID-19 continues to hit the US economy in the run-up to the elections, people share
0:47.4	their experiences from two industries that have been among the hardest hit throughout the pandemic, travel and hospitality.
0:56.0	I'm behind a month in rent, actually almost about two months, but I can pay this month when I finally get paid but I'm also behind like three months in electricity
1:06.4	Most of my money's been going to food because I didn't get re-approved for food stamps
1:12.2	Tens of thousands of people in the United States stamps. that was protecting salaries the payroll support program expired.
1:24.7	Flight attendant Brianna Ross she was one of them and on her final flight she
1:29.0	posted a video of her emotional farewell to passengers which has now been viewed more than 2 million
1:35.2	times after Good Morning America posted it on YouTube and it ended with the last request.
1:43.0	Please be kind to one another practice compassion with everyone,
1:48.0	live with acceptance of yourself and others.
1:50.0	And until I'll see you guys with a friend whose guys again, please take care of yourself and your health.
1:55.0	I hope all if we have a wonderful night.
1:58.0	And again, thank you for flying in us.
2:00.0	Brianna, who is based in Dallas is joined by two fellow flight attendants who also lost
2:09.1	their jobs Leo Valedere in Chicago and Lauren Futch in Miami.
2:14.6	I transferred to Dallas from Miami in April this year, like right in the middle of the pandemic.
2:20.4	I could remember walking in the airport that day and it was like 8 a.m. or so like people
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