- Easter Bunny declared an essential worker in Ontario amid COVID-19 pandemic https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/easter-bunny-declared-an-essential-worker-in-ontario-amid-covid-19-pandemic-1.4886741 5 comments nottheonion
- Narcissists love being pandemic essential workers https://news.osu.edu/narcissists-love-being-pandemic-essential-workers/ 9 comments nottheonion
- Canada raising wages for essential workers amid pandemic https://thehill.com/policy/international/496888-canada-raising-wages-for-essential-workers-amid-pandemic 181 comments worldnews
- Trump Plan Would Cut Pay For Essential Farm Workers During Pandemic https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-administration-plan-would-cut-pay-for-essential-farm-workers-during-pandemic_n_5f777415c5b64b480aad834b 27 comments politics
- New York Governor Cuomo says state will pay benefits to families of essential workers who died during pandemic https://www.newsweek.com/new-york-governor-cuomo-says-state-will-pay-benefits-families-essential-workers-who-died-during-1506374 3 comments politics
- The Essential Worker Strike Wave | More than 1,000 frontline workers are on strike as the pandemic rages in New York City. Could this be a flash of what’s to come? https://newrepublic.com/article/161019/covid-essential-workers-strike 11 comments politics
- Mitt Romney proposes a temporary pay raise for essential workers amid coronavirus pandemic https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/01/politics/mitt-romney-patriot-pay/index.html 106 comments politics
- US Billionaires Surpass $1 Trillion in Wealth Gains During Pandemic as Essential Workers and Others Suffer https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2020/11/25/us-billionaires-surpass-1-trillion-wealth-gains-during-pandemic-essential 67 comments politics
- Strikes erupt as US essential workers demand protection amid pandemic: American Apparel clothing plant, Truckers, Arby’s, Uber, and McDonalds. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/19/strikes-erupt-us-essential-workers-demand-better-protection-amid-pandemic 20 comments worldnews
- The Emerging, Tenuous “Essential Worker” Vote | Can the retail and service workers who have kept the country running during the pandemic remake our politics? https://newrepublic.com/article/159878/emerging-tenuous-essential-worker-vote 5 comments politics
- Vancouver youngster uses pandemic downtime as opportunity for good, designing and 3D printing mask earsavers for firefighters, nurses and other essential workers. https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/vancouver-youngster-uses-pandemic-downtime-as-opportunity-for-good 8 comments worldnews
- Narcissists love being pandemic essential workers. They post more about work on social media, feel more important. https://news.osu.edu/narcissists-love-being-pandemic-essential-workers/ 1902 comments science
- This Labor Day, ‘Black Lives Matter’ Must Mean Justice for Black Workers: The economy was failing Black workers before the pandemic—and now, even as many are deemed essential, they’re being treated as disposable. https://progressive.org/dispatches/labor-day-black-lives-matter-wallace-gobern-200906/ 16 comments politics
- All Undocumented Immigrants Deserve Citizenship—Not Just “Essential Workers”: The pandemic has made clear that we need to provide citizenship for all immigrants, and safe working conditions for all workers. https://inthesetimes.com/article/22665/undocumented-immigrants-citizenship-essential-workers-covid-19 16 comments politics
- UK Council staff are being spat at, racially abused and attacked while delivering essential services amid the coronavirus pandemic. Recycling workers, park groundskeepers, civil enforcement officers, road engineers and bus drivers have also been targeted in a recent spate of abuse. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/28/council-workers-face-increasing-abuse-amid-coronavirus-pandemic 109 comments worldnews
- Schumer proposed a Pandemic Premium Pay for all essential workers including frontline healthcare workers, truck drivers, grocery store clerks, etc., in the amount of 25k. https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/senate-democrats-proposing-25000-hazard-pay-for-essential-workers 12 comments politics
- Essential Workers Are Aiming To Turn Out Infrequent Voters To Back Joe Biden | The SEIU, a union representing front-line workers in the pandemic, could play a central role in organizing often ignored voters of color this year. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/seiu-biden-infrequent-voters_n_5f85efe6c5b6f53fff06373e?ncid=applenews00001 4 comments politics
- 'They Are Failing': Nationwide Day of Action to Target GOP Senators for Going on Vacation as Pandemic Surges - "Millions of workers—essential and unemployed—do not have the luxury of a vacation and our elected officials are not entitled to take one during this crisis." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/07/06/they-are-failing-nationwide-day-action-target-gop-senators-going-vacation-pandemic 28 comments politics
- One Thing We Can Do to Protect Frontline Workers | The federal government has an agency with the power to protect doctors, nurses, delivery workers and other “essential personnel” on the pandemic front lines. It’s time to use it. https://www.politico.com/news/agenda/2020/04/07/can-do-more-protect-workers-coronavirus-169957 3 comments politics
- We Now Know Who Society’s Essential Workers Are. And They’re Among The Lowest Paid. | The coronavirus pandemic is putting grocery store and restaurant workers at risk, often with no health protections and just a handful of safety precautions in place. https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5e7bc7f7c5b6256a7a23e6f5 643 comments politics
- Companies Are Quietly Pulling the Plug on “Hero Pay” for Essential Workers: With the pandemic ongoing, companies are still putting employees on the front lines—and the grocery chain Kroger is even asking employees to return the extra money they've received. https://www.gq.com/story/bye-bye-hero-pay 245 comments politics