Virus Creates Hard Choices for Low-Income Essential Workers
Clip: 5/6/2020 | 8m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
The heavy toll of the coronavirus on low-paid workers now designated as essential.
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare how existing inequalities can magnify the impact of the virus on low-income workers and households. Low-income jobs are disproportionately held by women and people of color. And now, many of those workers are being designated as essential.
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Virus Creates Hard Choices for Low-Income Essential Workers
Clip: 5/6/2020 | 8m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare how existing inequalities can magnify the impact of the virus on low-income workers and households. Low-income jobs are disproportionately held by women and people of color. And now, many of those workers are being designated as essential.
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