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Survivor of Nazis’ Leningrad siege now helps needy during pandemic
May 7, 202080-year-old Galina Yakovleva drives a white minivan every day through the city on a one-woman charitable mission for the elderly and needy families.
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Day of action today to push Essential Workers Bill of Rights
May 7, 2020The point is “to rise up in solidarity with essential workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis."
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Trump administration kills CDC reopening guidelines, pushes responsibility onto states
May 7, 2020This approach matches Trump’s clai he isn’t responsible for the country’s lackluster testing efforts and his description of the federal government as a “supplier of last resort" for states.
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California sues Uber, Lyft: Treat your drivers like employees!
May 7, 2020Companies’ refusal to provide basic protective equipment to all workers “underscores the grim reality” of the gig economy in which the giant companies use a predatory business model to cheat employees out of basic protections.
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Amazon workers on May Day: Protect us from this virus
May 7, 2020They called it Essential Workers Day, a good name for May Day this year in recognition of their work during the pandemic.
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