Web https://www.essentialworkersagenda.org/
We are a coalition of seven worker centers representing immigrant working people and working people of color in the Bay Area. We surveyed over 1400 people working to make ends meet - earning less than $25 per hour - to find out how they have been impacted by the pandemic, and what they want in a good job. Survey respondents worked in restaurants, in-home patient care, house cleaning, janitorial work, construction, retail and more.
Three quarters of those surveyed lost work, two-thirds could not access Unemployment Insurance, more than half could not access Paid Sick Leave, and more than a quarter said they would not report a violation by their employer.
These results define our four-point platform for a true economic recovery.
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