When work disappears, that is when a growing number of adults are not working, it has an effect not only on individual life, but on family life and neighborhood life as well.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Lost work harms individuals, families, and neighborhoods. Employment anchors communities.
- In plain terms
- Protect jobs for stability.
- What can you take from it?
- Job loss ripples out widely.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What holds communities together?
Another view
It overlooks remote work trends.
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