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Trump on coronavirus: Time for Americans to get back to work
March 24, 2020Leading Texas Republican says seniors should be OK with dying if that’s what it takes to save the economy.
Read moreI’m an “essential” worker…or, how I learned to love negative solidarity
March 24, 2020Like millions of other “essential” workers, this is the predicament we’re in: Stay home and possibly starve or go to work and risk the health of thousands of people.
Read moreSilent streets: The homeless, the financially desperate, and essential services carry on
March 20, 2020They’ve always been there, but how much attention were we paying then?
Read moreCoronavirus clean-up: Sanitation workers face increased risk, job loss
March 20, 2020Dealing with all the trash society produces is a dirty and dangerous job even in normal times; during a global health pandemic, it gets even riskier.
Read moreTrumka praises workers, slams Trump and profiteers on coronavirus pandemic
March 19, 2020Workers, union and non-union, are responding magnificently to the coronavirus pandemic, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says.
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