ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「The island has had to weather a hurricane, a political crisis and earthquakes. But those crises did not lead to the widespread unemployment caused by the response to the coronavirus pandemic. On an island that already had the highest poverty rate in the United States, at least 300,000 Puerto Ricans have filed unemployment claims linked to the pandemic — out of a civilian labor force of 1.05 million. Many others are ineligible for aid because they are part of the island’s large informal economy. Thousands of people were left waiting for their checks as Puerto Rico’s understaffed bureaucracy struggled to keep up with the flood of claims. A postal worker’s video went viral when he showed unemployment checks stuck in mail purgatory because they had been addressed to “Same”: Many applicants had written their home addresses on the form and then, when asked for their mailing address, wrote “same as above.” The island’s labor secretary resigned in June, when public fury was mounting over the long lines and delayed payouts, including associated delays in receiving federal stimulus checks. Since then, the government has begun paying claims, but workers without jobs have remained deeply unsettled. Tap the link in our bio to read our story from Puerto Rico, which has taken one of the country’s hardest economic hits. Photo by @dennismanuel.」7月9日 10時01分