The novel coronavirus outbreak has forced hundreds of millions of Americans into their homes, spurring Amazon (AMZN) to hire 100,000 warehouse …
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Workers Facing Coronavirus Fight for Protections
The COVID-19 outbreak has driven essential workers—at warehouses, grocery stores, delivery apps and hospitals—to speak out and organize for change. Across industries, workers who cannot practice social distancing are calling for access to personal protective equipment amid shortages, hazard pay, sick leave, child care and more.
Instacart workers say that their planned strike is on for Monday, and Whole Foods workers say they won’t be coming to work on Tuesday — both actions spurred, they say, but a lack of protections against COVID-19. Workers for San Francisco-based Instacart announced last week that they would stop …
Health care workers are on the front lines of the battle against COVID-19, but many say they are not being supplied with adequate armor. Nurses …
GE workers who normally make jet engines say their facilities are sitting idle while the country faces a dire ventilator shortage. On Monday, General Electric factory workers launched two separate protests demanding that the company convert its jet engine factories to make ventilators. At GE's Lynn, …
A new lawsuit seeks to compel the government to add hazardous duty pay of up to 25 percent of salary to potentially 100,000 or more federal employees whose work puts them at higher risk of exposure to the coronavirus. The suit seeks to have the U.S. Court of Federal Claims order payments retroactive …
KATHLEEN, Ga. — The Perdue plant in Kathleen was a little emptier Monday after about 50 employees walked out. They said they don't feel safe working …
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, at least a dozen separate campaigns by grocery employees have popped up on Coworker.org, an online …
Garbage collection came to a standstill while sanitation workers in Pittsburgh protested on Wednesday morning, saying they are not being protected with adequate gear during the coronavirus pandemic. Deemed essential during a statewide shutdown, Pittsburgh garbage collectors, many of whom are black, …
Bus drivers are making sure health care workers, first responders and grocery store workers can still get where they need to go. But they need to stay healthy to keep doing that. On Tuesday morning, Detroit’s bus drivers called out of work. After the city imposed a mandatory shut down of bars, …
Rideshare drivers in San Francisco defied the city’s shelter in place order on Thursday to protest in front of Uber’s headquarters, demanding the company provide them with more benefits as they continue to work through the coronavirus pandemic. The drivers are calling for the enforcement of AB5, a …
