Today we are sharing an episode of This American Life: “Essential.” In it we hear from a range of workers in the service industry who were deemed essential and had to keep working during the first wave of the pandemic. We hear New York MTA station agents talk...
On May 1, International Workers’ Day, some workers at Amazon, Instacart, Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, and Shipt (owned by Amazon and Target) took action to protest their low pay, unsafe conditions, and the astronomical profits the bosses are making from their work....
Report From a Skilled Nursing Facility I am a new therapist working on-call at a skilled nursing facility in one of the largest cities in the northeast. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, speech language pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and...
From an Oakland Kaiser Worker You have me as an essential worker You have me ‘til death do us part from work “Essential” – you call me Dispensable – you make me feel BUT I know deep in my veins You are nothing without me OR anything...
From a Frontline Health Care Worker in North Jersey In early March 2020, workers of a rehabilitation center in Northern Jersey were told that their facility was being repurposed by the federal government to house the excess COVID-19 patients overrunning the local...
