#Essentialworkers

Timely new @nberpubs working paper from @HummySong @McKennaEcon @angela_t_chen @GuyDavid_HE @asmithmc.Finds #EssentialWorkers =55% more likely to be COVID19 + than non-essential.Dependents in same HH have 17% higher likelihood.https://www.n
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ANGRY #TEACHER THREAD: If you say you admire our teachers yet are pushing for a hybrid model, respectfully, you are an idiot who clearly does not care about our teachers
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Delighted to share @TiffNFord and my latest @BrookingsInst piece: "Black essential workers' lives matter. They deserve real change, not just lip service." We write that the roughly 12 million Black
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New @BrookingsMetro post from @StatelerLaura & me: "#EssentialWorkers comprise about 1/2 of all workers in low-wage occupations. They deserve a $15 #MinimumWage." We examine who they are, why low pay
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Having switched from schedules to headway management, Muni has become more reliable than ever during COVID. We're working to make these improvements permanenthttps://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-documents/2021/02/2-16-2
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Today, @walmart announced it is raising wages for ~a quarter of its frontline associates from $11-$13/hr min.A on why the reality is far less than most headlines suggest. Tl;dr:
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Congress and President-elect @JoeBiden must act urgently to create a pathway to citizenship for all 11M undocumented individuals, INCLUDING more than 5M of whom are essential workers. This new @FWDus
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Excited to share my favorite publication yet: new @brookingsmetro report w/ @StatelerLaura @JuliaTDu "Windfall profits & deadly risks: How the biggest retail companies are compensating #EssentialWorkers during the #COVID19 pandemic
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Breaking my hiatus for a minute: this morning's #TOpoli Board of Health meeting. Check latest #COVID19 & #HealthEquity updates at http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2020.HL18.1Or stream live starting at 9.30 a
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I find that we tend to forget things when a #NewYear Happens- lessons that should be enduring are forgotten. So a giant list of things we cannot forget from #2020
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I looked at the @HoustonChron ‘s breakdown of #COVID19 infection rates and deaths by zip code. The area that I was raised and live in now was number 4 on
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The shipping industry is moving ’90 percent of everything.’ It really is. Whenever you pick up a gadget, put on a piece of clothes, buy food in the supermarket, fill
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It was impossible to be ready for 2020.But at IPS, our decades of deep research, bold ideas, and progressive movement connections equipped us for more of the year's challenges than
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As an ER doctor, I’ve seen firsthand #COVID19 indiscriminately young people. This ongoing thread is dedicated to the 1000s between 18 and 45 killed by COVID & ignored by Trump@realDonaldTrump:[They]
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