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Essential worker marks 50 years on the job at suburban hospital, and he's not stopping soon

James Brown has one of the most essential — yet overlooked jobs in health care. Brown delivers nearly every towel, gown, sheet, and pillowcase at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital. The ...
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The Big Challenge of Being an ‘Essential’ Worker in a Global Pandemic

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...
City & State New York

Some nonprofits use essential-worker fete to highlight pay disparities

New York City held a ticker-tape parade yesterday to honor the essential workers who helped the city make it out of the COVID-19 pandemic, including nurses, child care workers and others who have been ...
KERO-TV

Essential workers, essential rights: Inside the United Farm Workers Convention

BAKERSFIELD. CALIF, (KERO) — At the 22nd United Farm Workers Convention, Teresa Romero and Adam Schiff called for better conditions and respect for farm workers, emphasizing their essential role. UFW ...
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Essential workers’ salaries struggle to afford homes in St. Johns County housing costs, report finds

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – St. Johns County chamber of commerce highlights essential workers priced out of homes The St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce says something has to change after a report ...
KQED

The Big Challenge of Being an ‘Essential’ Worker in a Global Pandemic

Tens of millions of workers in the U.S. with jobs once considered “low skill” — like grocery and drugstore clerks, delivery drivers and in-home care providers — have suddenly been recognized as ...