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Wednesday, 6 May 2020

‘Stop throwing us bare bones’: US union activism surges amid coronavirus

Activism spikes amid the pandemic nationwide as workers protest what they consider inadequate safety protections against Covid-19

Christopher Thomas, a call center operator in Lawrence, Kansas, said his employer has been dismayingly slow to protect the center’s more than 400 workers from Covid-19 – slow in making sure workers were at least 6ft apart, in getting them personal protective equipment and in assuring emergency sick leave.

That dismay, Thomas explained, comes on top of long-festering anger over pay. His employer, a federal contractor named Maximus, has discussed reclassifying many workers in order to hold down their pay. Thomas and many co-workers have not received a raise for five years, he said. He makes $15.36 an hour after seven years on the job helping people from across the US apply for health insurance through the Obamacare marketplace.

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