States Should Designate Grocery Workers as “Essential Personnel” Without Delay
In a recent article in Truthout, CSE Visiting Researcher John Logan argues that states should designate grocery workers as “Essential Personnel” without delay. He argues:
Grocery workers are essential workers on the front lines in the battle against coronavirus. Other states should follow the lead of Minnesota, Michigan and Vermont by reclassifying food retail workers as essential personnel, thus ensuring they have access to free child care and other benefits. They should also take steps to make sure that grocery workers and their families are as healthy, safe and financially secure as possible during this unprecedented emergency. They are working for us at considerable personal risk; we need to act now to protect them.
Read the entire article here.