for frontline workers during the pandemic and recently highlighted the impact on the union’s essential workers:
374 frontline worker deaths and over
69,900 frontline workers infected or exposed
124 grocery worker deaths and
25,760 grocery workers infected or exposed
131 meatpacking worker deaths and
20,900 meatpacking workers infected or exposed
President-elect Biden’s COVID-19 relief plan announced today will make critical investments in protecting and supporting America’s essential workers. Key provisions include:
Call on CEOs to Provide Hazard Pay to Frontline Essential Workers : Biden’s plan calls on employers, especially in grocery and retail, to recognize the risks faced by their essential workers and provide retroactive and ongoing hazard pay to frontline employees.