COVID-19

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In Memoriam: Union Members Lost in COVID-19 Pandemic

As the COVID19 pandemic spreads across the U.S., working people are on the front lines saving lives and making sure that people can still get food, medicine and other necessities. It is important for us to work together during this crisis to prevent further deaths. It is important to thank those who are doing the work to keep us safe and fed. It is important to remember those who we lost because of the virus.
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Richard Trumka Says U.S. Needs to Adopt an Emergency Infectious Disease Standard (Fox Business)

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Rebecca Reindel on the Need for Adequate Testing for Workers (The Washington Post, Paywall)

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Boston-Area Union Members Form Volunteer Brigades

The Greater Boston Labor Council (GBLC) is coordinating union members’ volunteer efforts, working closely with Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh to focus on areas where there is the greatest need for help. The mission of the labor council’s volunteer brigades is to care for the most vulnerable people in Boston. Hundreds of union members, both laid off and currently working, have already started volunteering to serve their neighbors during this crisis.
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Richard Trumka on COVID-19 and Protections for Frontline Workers (Bloomberg)

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CDC Must Revoke Latest Harmful Guidance Issued

Once again the CDC is putting profits over people with its latest recommendations that downgrade worker protections at a time when they are needed most. These dangerous new guidelines tell employers to keep potentially infected workers at work, which does not protect essential workers on the front lines and ignores firmly established science that there is significant transmission from asymptomatic and presymptomatic individuals. These reckless guidelines were not issued to protect workers, but rather to ensure the continuity of business profits. These recommendations will lead to many more deaths of those working on our front lines. They must be immediately revoked.