Labor

With virtually no government assistance, laid-off Honduran factory workers have had no choice but to defy extreme lockdown measures and take to the streets.

Black and Hispanic workers are much less likely to be able to telework.

There’s never an excuse to send people to work in dangerous conditions with no safety nets and benefits. It’s especially horrendous in the midst of coronavirus.

It’s well past time we joined the civilized world by giving workers federally mandated, paid sick leave. Our health and our lives depend on it.