Essential Worker Bill of Rights Day of Action!

On May 7th, millions of people and over 30 national organizations will take online action and demand Congress support an Essential Worker Bill of Rights. If we’re loud enough, we can help ALL #ProtectEssentialWorkers. Join us!

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟕𝐭𝐡:

⚡ Call your House Representative by dialing 855-300-3836. Need a script for your call? See below.

⚡ Email your House Rep by filling out this form: https://bit.ly/message-EWBOR. It will send directly to Congress.

⚡ Tweet at your House Rep by clicking here: https://bit.ly/tweet-ewbor. Tell them just how important an Essential Worker Bill of Rights is for everyone across the U.S. Need tweet inspiration? See below!

⚡ Take a video of yourself clapping for Essential Workers and post it on social media or by using this tool: https://indivisible.soapboxx.us/prompt-single/ewbor

𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭

For Democratic members:

Hi! My name is XXX, and I'm calling to ask Rep. XXX to ensure Democrats release a big, bold, comprehensive relief bill that puts people first and includes an Essential Workers Bill of Rights. Essential workers are risking their lives at work every day to allow the rest of us to stay home. Congress must pass a bill that provides the protections they need, the rights they are entitled to, and the compensation they deserve, no matter their immigration or contractor status. These are our community and family members, and they all should be treated with respect. The impacts of this COVID-19 crisis on low-wage frontline workers and Black, Brown, Asian-American, AAPI, Indigenous, and migrant communities go even deeper. We need Congress to provide relief for the duration of the crisis and recovery for all workers and communities.

For Republican members:

Hi! My name is XX, and I'm calling because Congress has a responsibility to ensure ALL essential workers have the protections they need, the rights they are entitled to, and the compensation they deserve. We must ensure essential workers are protected as much as possible through safety standards around personal protective equipment and cleaning procedures that corporations are legally required to abide by for all workers, no matter their immigration or contractor status. Congress must demand hazard pay, sick leave, child care, and healthcare to provide essential workers the same level of protection they are providing us in this crisis. Also, all stimulus worker protections must be inclusive of all working people, no matter their immigration or contractor status. These are our community and family members, and they all should be treated with respect.

𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬

⚡ Dear Congress, essential workers are our path out of this pandemic! We need an Essential Workers’ Bill of Rights #EWBOR to ensure they have health, safety, job, and compensation protections. #ProtectEssentialWorkers

⚡ Right now, millions of essential workers are on the #COVID19 frontlines saving lives, delivering necessities, sanitizing spaces, and staffing businesses. They aren’t just numbers in the news. They’re our friends and family, and they deserve better. #ProtectEssentialWorkers #EWBOR

⚡ The impacts of this COVID-19 crisis on low-wage frontline workers and Black, Brown, Asian-American, Pacific Islander, Indigenous, and migrant communities run deep. We need Congress to provide relief for the duration of the crisis and recovery for all workers and communities.

⚡ As part of the next #COVID-19 relief package, Congress has a moral responsibility to #ProtectEssentialWorkers and their families. Give them the compensation and job protections they deserve! #EWBOR

⚡ All stimulus worker protections must be inclusive of all working people, no matter their immigration or contractor status. These are our community and family members, and they all should be treated with respect.

⚡ Not one more. Essential workers are dying from the coronavirus as Congress negotiates the next relief package. There is no time to waste. We need an Essential Workers Bill of Rights.


𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰?

Right now, millions of essential workers are on the COVID-19 frontlines saving lives, delivering necessities, sanitizing public spaces, and staffing essential businesses. They aren’t just numbers in the news. They’re our friends, family, and neighbors — and they’re risking their health to care for us and keep our cities functional so the rest of us can safely shelter-in-place and flatten the COVID-19 curve.

Yet instead of giving these workers what they need, essential workers are being placed in high-risk conditions without appropriate equipment, safety standards, or job protections by the very corporations who profit from the services these workers provide. Many essential workers don’t even make a living wage!

All stimulus worker protections must be inclusive of all working people, no matter their immigration or contractor status, race, or income. These are our community and family members, and they all should be treated with respect.

Very soon, House Democrats will introduce the next economic recovery bill (CARES Act 2.0). They have a HUGE opportunity to add in fair compensation, real job protections, paid sick leave, workplace protections, health care, and more by supporting an Essential Workers Bill of Rights. People all across the U.S. are demanding action for workers. 75% of U.S. voters support an Essential Worker Bill of Rights, even across party lines.

That’s why on May 7th, millions of people and over 30 national organizations will take action online to push Congress to support an Essential Worker Bill of Rights in the next economic relief package. If we’re loud enough, we can help #ProtectEssentialWorkers when they need it the most!

The impacts of this COVID-19 crisis low-wage and migrant frontline workers go even deeper too. Not only are low-wage workers most frequently exposed and unprotected, they’re the same Black, Brown, Indigenous, and migrant communities who live in the most environmentally polluted and under-resourced areas. In the U.S., Black people are three times more likely to contract and die from COVID-19 than white people because of continual exposure to pollution which directly contributes to higher rates of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases as a result.

The next bill must include an Essential Worker Bill of Rights that provides workers with:

1. Health and safety protections;
2. Robust premium compensation;
3. Protections for collective bargaining agreements;
4. Truly universal paid sick leave and family and medical leave;
5. Whistleblower protections;
6. An end to worker misclassification;
7. Health care security;
8. Childcare support;
9. Treat workers as experts; and
10. Holds corporations accountable for meeting their employer responsibilities.

The list of essential workers who are working without a net include: health and home care workers, grocery and drug store employees, domestic workers, food service workers, government employees, janitorial staff, farmworkers, delivery drivers, warehouse workers, transit workers, and child care workers.

We must #ProtectEssentialWorkers as they protect us from COVID-19!

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