EPISODE · Mar 20, 2020 · 24 MIN
What Do Employers Need to Do to Keep Essential Workers Safe?
from Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast · host WNYC Studios
If you work in healthcare, food distribution, delivery services, telecommunications, and other fields deemed "essential." We take calls from folks in those jobs on their safety concerns. And, to answer those questions, an occupational safety official and a workplace justice advocate. Elizabeth Joynes Jordan, supervising attorney on the Workplace Justice Team at Make the Road New York, and Charlene Obernauer, executive director at The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH), talk about how essential workers, on the front lines of the pandemic, can best stay healthy, and what they can demand from their employers in terms of protective gear and paid sick leave. More resources: Frequently Asked Questions from Make the Road NY on workers' rights in this moment. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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If you work in healthcare, food distribution, delivery services, telecommunications, and other fields deemed "essential." We take calls from folks in those jobs on their safety concerns.
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What Do Employers Need to Do to Keep Essential Workers Safe?
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