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Progressive lawmakers say pandemic underlines need for Workers’ Bill of Rights
April 14, 2020“We must invest billions, not millions in our workers and workforce system."
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Three New York City transit workers dying every day of coronavirus
April 14, 2020This city’s bus and subway workers are dying at a faster rate than their counterparts anywhere across the country.
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U.S. company buys ventilator suppliers and then cancels shipments to Cuba
April 14, 2020WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called for putting sanctions “in quarantine."
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Privately-run immigrant jails denying detainees masks, dodging responsibility
April 14, 2020Guards would not give out masks until detainees signed forms saying they could not hold the private prison company liable if they got the coronavirus.
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Millions of immigrants pay taxes but won’t get coronavirus stimulus checks
April 13, 2020“COVID-19 does not care about your immigration status, so neither should our response,” U.S. Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat, said.
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