FDA approval won’t make a difference if workers still have to choose between the vaccine and their wages.
Community
Essential, but Unprotected
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When a farmworker nearly died from COVID-19, Spokane’s Latinx community stepped in where the system failed.
COVID-19
Nebraska activists want undocumented essential workers prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination
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“They were named essential workers at the expense of their health. They didn’t have a choice from the beginning.”
COVID-19
After Hundreds of Meatpacking Workers Died From COVID-19, Congress Wants Answers
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A key House subcommittee cited reports by ProPublica and other news outlets in launching an investigation into how the country’s meatpacking companies handled the pandemic, which has killed hundreds of workers to date.
Unions
How the Deep Roots of Farm Labor Solidarity Helped Wisconsin Survive the Pandemic
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A century of agrarian organizing pays off.
COVID-19
The “Essential Worker” Swindle
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How this label is used to justify a social order in which workers are abused, discarded and left to die.
Community
COVID Testing is Free, Fast and Encouraged for Frontline Workers
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COVID-19 testing is fast, safe and open to anyone free of charge at 21 community testing sites across Minnesota. That’s the message state health officials want union members – and all frontline workers – to hear as more businesses, schools and other gathering places begin reopening to the public. As a small group of union leaders toured the testing site inside St. Paul’s Roy Wilkins Auditorium today, state officials emphasized that testing remains critical to containing the coronavirus outbreak. And containing the outbreak is critical to keeping Minnesota schools and businesses open.
COVID-19
Educators Call for Delay in Reopening Schools
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Educators and community members are worried about reopening classrooms in February.
COVID-19
Warehouse Workers Are on the Front Lines of the Covid Crisis. They’re Worried They’ll Be Passed Over for the Vaccine.
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Low-wage warehouse workers, many of whom are temporary, are demanding access to the vaccine.
COVID-19
Meat-Plant Workers Call for Vaccine Priority
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Meat-plant workers agree that health-care workers and the elderly should top the initial list, but the industry also is pushing for top priority.
Commentary
There’s Only One Way to Recover From the Pandemic: Together
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Despite the discrimination and stigma we often face, we are committed to strengthening and unifying the country we call home. No matter whether you’re black, white, or brown, we all bleed the same red blood.