Abanye abantu abayizigidi ezi-3.8 balahlekelwe yizikhundla e-US ngesonto eledlule njengoba ubhubhane lwe-coronavirus luqhubeka nokuhlukumeza umnotho. Ijubane lokuncishiswa libukeka, ngokwawo wonke ama-akhawunti, lihlehla, nokho ngenyanga eyodwa nengxenye nje abantu baseMelika abayizigidi ezingama-30 sebebheke izinzuzo zokuntula imisebenzi futhi izinombolo zisakhula.
Izibalo zakamuva zophiko lwabasebenzi ezikhishwe ngoLwesine zikhombise ukwehliswa kwezimangalo okwesine kwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa zilandelana. Yize iphethini inika amandla, isivinini samashwa sisho ukuthi ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi kwase-US kusazofika emazingeni afihliwe kusukela nge-Great Depression of the 1930s.
Izibalo nazo zisabala kancane inani labantu abangasebenzi. Izifundazwe ezimbalwa zisaphethe ukunqwabelana kwamacala ngemuva kokuthi izinhlaka zazo zeqiwe umthamo omkhulu wokusetshenziswa.
IFlorida isiphenduke indawo emnyama egqamile. Kusukela ngoLwesibili umbuso ubusuthole amacala angaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-1.9 futhi waphatha angaphezulu kuka-664,000, okungelinye lamazinga ahamba kancane ezweni.
Ijubane lokuncishiswa lingase lihambe kancane njengoba izifunda zivulela ibhizinisi futhi. Kodwa-ke, abanye baxwayise ngokuthi ukuxegiswa kwemithetho ehlukanisiwe kungadala esinye isikhukhula sokungcoliswa kanye nokuvalwa futhi ukutheleleka kusanda kulimaza umnotho.
Izinhlangano eziningi ezinkulu zase-US zibike izingcezu kubasebenzi noma zihlela ukunciphisa. I-Boeing ibike kuleli sonto ukuthi i-coronavirus idlulisele "isifo somzimba" ebhizinisini layo futhi ibeka abantu abangu-16,000, ingxenye eyi-10% kubasebenzi bayo abayi-161,000. UHertz, okuyinhlangano eqashisa ngezimoto, njengoba kade eshiye abameli ababalelwa ku-10,000 eNyakatho Melika futhi kuthiwa ucabanga ngesahluko 11.
NgoMashi izinga labantu abangasebenzi lenyuke ngo-0.9%, ushintsho olukhulu kakhulu lwenyanga eyodwa kusukela ngoJanuwari 1975, lafinyelela ku-4.4%. Ukuvalwa kobhubhane kwaqala ngasekupheleni kukaMashi, ngakho-ke u-April uzonikeza isithombe esiqondile kancane kancane ngomthelela wabo embukisweni wemisebenzi. U-JP Morgan ulindele ukuthi ukungasebenzi kungafika ku-20%.