Demand COVID protections for essential workers

Urge congress to reintroduce the COVID-19 Every Worker Protection Act!

We need this act to require employers to follow CDC guidance at essential workplaces.

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Employers do not currently have to follow CDC guidance to stop the spread of COVID

Employers are not required to follow CDC guidance including physical distancing and mask wearing.

Hundreds of thousands of essential workers have contracted COVID while at work

It is estimated that over 100,000 healthcare workers and over 50,000 meat plant workers in the US had contracted COVID by the end of 2020.

Even with vaccines rolling out, many workers have not yet received the vaccine.

This Act would help protect all workers with occupational risk of COVID exposure.

The COVID-19 Every Worker Protection Act would require employers to take immediate action to curb the spread of COVID

OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) would start enforcing CDC guidance at essential workplaces within 7 days of the Act passing.

Employers would be forbidden from retaliating against workers who report infection control problems.

Employers would also be required to develop a longer-term plan to control future infectious diseases in their workplaces.

The COVID-19 Every Worker Protection Act expired when Congress changed over at the start of the year, which is why it needs to be reintroduced now.

Sources / Learn More: Congress, Washington Post