Despite global reopening push, some jobs are gone for good
Israeli software developer Itamar Lev poses for a photograph at his house in the central Israeli city of Kfar Saba, Thursday, June 4, 2020. At first, when the coronavirus broke out, Lev was told to work from home. Then his salary was slashed 20%, his dining allowance was taken away and a long-term savings fund frozen. That's the harsh truth facing workers laid off around the world, from software companies in Israel to restaurants in Thailand and car factories in France, whose livelihoods fell victim to a virus-driven recession that's accelerating decline in struggling industries and upheaval across the global workforce. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israeli software developer Itamar Lev poses for a photograph at his house in the central Israeli city of Kfar Saba, Thursday, June 4, 2020. At first, when the coronavirus broke out, Lev was told to work from home. Then his salary was slashed 20%, his dining allowance was taken away and a long-term savings fund frozen. That's the harsh truth facing workers laid off around the world, from software companies in Israel to restaurants in Thailand and car factories in France, whose livelihoods fell victim to a virus-driven recession that's accelerating decline in struggling industries and upheaval across the global workforce. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Jun. 05, 2020 02:50 AM EDT
Israeli software developer Itamar Lev poses for a photograph at his house in the central Israeli city of Kfar Saba, Thursday, June 4, 2020. At first, when the coronavirus broke out, Lev was told to work from home. Then his salary was slashed 20%, his dining allowance was taken away and a long-term savings fund frozen. That's the harsh truth facing workers laid off around the world, from software companies in Israel to restaurants in Thailand and car factories in France, whose livelihoods fell victim to a virus-driven recession that's accelerating decline in struggling industries and upheaval across the global workforce. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israeli software developer Itamar Lev poses for a photograph at his house in the central Israeli city of Kfar Saba, Thursday, June 4, 2020. At first, when the coronavirus broke out, Lev was told to work from home. Then his salary was slashed 20%, his dining allowance was taken away and a long-term savings fund frozen. That's the harsh truth facing workers laid off around the world, from software companies in Israel to restaurants in Thailand and car factories in France, whose livelihoods fell victim to a virus-driven recession that's accelerating decline in struggling industries and upheaval across the global workforce. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Jun. 05, 2020 02:51 AM EDT
In this June 4, 2020, photo, Indian driver Gangaram, 48, who lost his job and business because of the coronavirus lockdown cleans his vehicle in New Delhi, India. Gangaram used to pick and drop schoolchildren from a New Delhi neighborhood. The job assured him of slim financial security. to relaunch the economy. That's the harsh truth facing workers laid off around the world, from software companies in Israel to restaurants in Thailand and car factories in France, whose livelihoods fell victim to a virus-driven recession that's accelerating decline in struggling industries and upheaval across the global workforce. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

In this June 4, 2020, photo, Indian driver Gangaram, 48, who lost his job and business because of the coronavirus lockdown cleans his vehicle in New Delhi, India. Gangaram used to pick and drop schoolchildren from a New Delhi neighborhood. The job assured him of slim financial security. to relaunch the economy. That's the harsh truth facing workers laid off around the world, from software companies in Israel to restaurants in Thailand and car factories in France, whose livelihoods fell victim to a virus-driven recession that's accelerating decline in struggling industries and upheaval across the global workforce. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Jun. 05, 2020 02:46 AM EDT
An officer checks the temperature of Wannapa Kotabin, a 38-year-old kitchen assistant at an Italian restaurant, in front of Social Security office for claim unemployment benefit in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, June 4, 2020. The government ordered all restaurants closed in March to combat the spread of the coronavirus, and Wannapa hasn't worked since. That's the harsh truth facing workers laid off around the world, from software companies in Israel to restaurants in Thailand and car factories in France, whose livelihoods fell victim to a virus-driven recession that's accelerating decline in struggling industries and upheaval across the global workforce. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

An officer checks the temperature of Wannapa Kotabin, a 38-year-old kitchen assistant at an Italian restaurant, in front of Social Security office for claim unemployment benefit in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, June 4, 2020. The government ordered all restaurants closed in March to combat the spread of the coronavirus, and Wannapa hasn't worked since. That's the harsh truth facing workers laid off around the world, from software companies in Israel to restaurants in Thailand and car factories in France, whose livelihoods fell victim to a virus-driven recession that's accelerating decline in struggling industries and upheaval across the global workforce. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Jun. 05, 2020 02:52 AM EDT
Wannapa Kotabin, a 38-year-old kitchen assistant at an Italian restaurant, talks to The Associated Press during an interview in front of Social Security office for claim unemployment benefit in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, June 4, 2020. The government ordered all restaurants closed in March to combat the spread of the coronavirus, and Wannapa hasn't worked since. That's the harsh truth facing workers laid off around the world, from software companies in Israel to restaurants in Thailand and car factories in France, whose livelihoods fell victim to a virus-driven recession that's accelerating decline in struggling industries and upheaval across the global workforce. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Wannapa Kotabin, a 38-year-old kitchen assistant at an Italian restaurant, talks to The Associated Press during an interview in front of Social Security office for claim unemployment benefit in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, June 4, 2020. The government ordered all restaurants closed in March to combat the spread of the coronavirus, and Wannapa hasn't worked since. That's the harsh truth facing workers laid off around the world, from software companies in Israel to restaurants in Thailand and car factories in France, whose livelihoods fell victim to a virus-driven recession that's accelerating decline in struggling industries and upheaval across the global workforce. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Jun. 05, 2020 02:52 AM EDT
FILE - In this April 3, 2020, file photo, an ultra-Orthodox Jew wears an improvised protective face mask as he pulls a supermarket cart on a mainly deserted street because of the government's measures to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, in Bnei Brak, a suburb of Tel Aviv, Israel. That's the harsh truth facing workers laid off around the world, from software companies in Israel to restaurants in Thailand and car factories in France, whose livelihoods fell victim to a virus-driven recession that's accelerating decline in struggling industries and upheaval across the global workforce. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

FILE - In this April 3, 2020, file photo, an ultra-Orthodox Jew wears an improvised protective face mask as he pulls a supermarket cart on a mainly deserted street because of the government's measures to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, in Bnei Brak, a suburb of Tel Aviv, Israel. That's the harsh truth facing workers laid off around the world, from software companies in Israel to restaurants in Thailand and car factories in France, whose livelihoods fell victim to a virus-driven recession that's accelerating decline in struggling industries and upheaval across the global workforce. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

Jun. 05, 2020 02:47 AM EDT
FILE - In this May 29, 2020 file photo, a union banner reading "No to the closure" hangs on the fence of the Renault plant in Choisy-le-Roi, outside Paris. Struggling French carmaker Renault announced 15,000 job cuts worldwide as part of a 2 billion euros cost-cutting plan over three years. That's the harsh truth facing workers laid off around the world, from software companies in Israel to restaurants in Thailand and car factories in France, whose livelihoods fell victim to a virus-driven recession that's accelerating decline in struggling industries and upheaval across the global workforce. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

FILE - In this May 29, 2020 file photo, a union banner reading "No to the closure" hangs on the fence of the Renault plant in Choisy-le-Roi, outside Paris. Struggling French carmaker Renault announced 15,000 job cuts worldwide as part of a 2 billion euros cost-cutting plan over three years. That's the harsh truth facing workers laid off around the world, from software companies in Israel to restaurants in Thailand and car factories in France, whose livelihoods fell victim to a virus-driven recession that's accelerating decline in struggling industries and upheaval across the global workforce. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Jun. 05, 2020 02:53 AM EDT
Indian driver Gangaram, 48, who lost his job and business because of the new coronavirus lockdown, sits in his vehicle in New Delhi, India Thursday, June 4, 2020. Gangaram used to pick and drop schoolchildren from a New Delhi neighborhood. The job assured him of slim financial security. to relaunch the economy. That's the harsh truth facing workers laid off around the world, from software companies in Israel to restaurants in Thailand and car factories in France, whose livelihoods fell victim to a virus-driven recession that's accelerating decline in struggling industries and upheaval across the global workforce. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Indian driver Gangaram, 48, who lost his job and business because of the new coronavirus lockdown, sits in his vehicle in New Delhi, India Thursday, June 4, 2020. Gangaram used to pick and drop schoolchildren from a New Delhi neighborhood. The job assured him of slim financial security. to relaunch the economy. That's the harsh truth facing workers laid off around the world, from software companies in Israel to restaurants in Thailand and car factories in France, whose livelihoods fell victim to a virus-driven recession that's accelerating decline in struggling industries and upheaval across the global workforce. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Jun. 05, 2020 02:53 AM EDT
In this photo taken Thursday, June 4, 2020, Margaret Awino, 54, who lost her job after 15 years as a cleaner for a charity, prepares raw chicken to fry in the street to earn some income, in the Kibera slum, or informal settlement, of Nairobi, Kenya. Factories and stores are reopening and economies are reawakening but many jobs just aren't coming back - that's the harsh truth facing workers laid off because of the coronavirus around the U.S. and the world. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

In this photo taken Thursday, June 4, 2020, Margaret Awino, 54, who lost her job after 15 years as a cleaner for a charity, prepares raw chicken to fry in the street to earn some income, in the Kibera slum, or informal settlement, of Nairobi, Kenya. Factories and stores are reopening and economies are reawakening but many jobs just aren't coming back - that's the harsh truth facing workers laid off because of the coronavirus around the U.S. and the world. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

Jun. 05, 2020 03:11 AM EDT
FILE - In this April 14, 2020, file photo, a lone passenger wearing a face mask help curb the spread the new coronavirus sits in spread out seating at the Hua Lamphong Railway Station in Bangkok. That's the harsh truth facing workers laid off around the world, from software companies in Israel to restaurants in Thailand and car factories in France, whose livelihoods fell victim to a virus-driven recession that's accelerating decline in struggling industries and upheaval across the global workforce. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

FILE - In this April 14, 2020, file photo, a lone passenger wearing a face mask help curb the spread the new coronavirus sits in spread out seating at the Hua Lamphong Railway Station in Bangkok. That's the harsh truth facing workers laid off around the world, from software companies in Israel to restaurants in Thailand and car factories in France, whose livelihoods fell victim to a virus-driven recession that's accelerating decline in struggling industries and upheaval across the global workforce. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Jun. 05, 2020 02:48 AM EDT
FILE - In this May 29, 2020, file photo, protesting Renault workers stand outside their plant Friday, in Choisy-le-Roi, outside Paris. That's the harsh truth facing workers laid off around the world, from software companies in Israel to restaurants in Thailand and car factories in France, whose livelihoods fell victim to a virus-driven recession that's accelerating decline in struggling industries and upheaval across the global workforce. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

FILE - In this May 29, 2020, file photo, protesting Renault workers stand outside their plant Friday, in Choisy-le-Roi, outside Paris. That's the harsh truth facing workers laid off around the world, from software companies in Israel to restaurants in Thailand and car factories in France, whose livelihoods fell victim to a virus-driven recession that's accelerating decline in struggling industries and upheaval across the global workforce. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Jun. 05, 2020 02:49 AM EDT
In this photo taken Thursday, June 4, 2020, Margaret Awino, 54, who lost her job after 15 years as a cleaner for a charity, prepares raw chicken that she bought to fry in the street to earn some income, in the Kibera slum, or informal settlement, of Nairobi, Kenya. Factories and stores are reopening and economies are reawakening but many jobs just aren't coming back - that's the harsh truth facing workers laid off because of the coronavirus around the U.S. and the world. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

In this photo taken Thursday, June 4, 2020, Margaret Awino, 54, who lost her job after 15 years as a cleaner for a charity, prepares raw chicken that she bought to fry in the street to earn some income, in the Kibera slum, or informal settlement, of Nairobi, Kenya. Factories and stores are reopening and economies are reawakening but many jobs just aren't coming back - that's the harsh truth facing workers laid off because of the coronavirus around the U.S. and the world. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

Jun. 05, 2020 03:11 AM EDT