WORKERS AND THEIR UNIONS TAKE ACTION ON COVID-19
As the novel coronavirus spreads, unions and worker associations around the world are demanding safe and healthy conditions for workers who must remain on the job, and that they be compensated during forced work site closures and not laid off to ensure high returns for corporate shareholders.
Hospitality workers in Morocco are seeking wages during layoffs. Credit: UMT
Thai union organizer Mongkol Yang-ngam (far left) is fielding worker queries about COVID-19 online. Credit: Wasana Lamdee
Women union activists in South Africa and around the world are using social media to urge that governments ratify C190. Credit: SACTWU
WORKERS TAKE ACTION ON COVID-19
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