#ProtectAllWorkers

Tell your senators to pass the COVID-19 Every Worker Protection Act of 2020, which would demand that Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia issue an OSHA Emergency Temporary standard to protect all workers from the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. 

#ProtectAllWorkers

We know that worker health is public health—and worker health is in crisis as we face the coronavirus pandemic.

Please join us and call on the U.S. Senate to take immediate action to protect workers!

OSHA needs to issue an emergency standard requiring all employers to provide specific and necessary protections for workers.

Let’s raise our voices and demand protections for workers!

Take Action

Call 202-224-3121.

Tell your senators to pass the COVID-19 Every Worker Protection Act of 2020 and demand that Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia issue an Emergency Temporary Standard to protect all workers.

Resources

Sample script

Hello, I’m calling from (city, state). I urge the Senator to pass the COVID-19 Every Worker Protection Act of 2020, which would demand that Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia issue an OSHA Emergency Temporary standard to protect all workers from the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. OSHA needs to issue an emergency standard requiring all employers to provide specific and necessary protections for workers.

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Talking points

  • In the COVID-19 pandemic, worker health is public health. We must ensure workers are protected both for their health and to protect others from the spread of coronavirus.
  • Health care workers and emergency responders are already falling ill, many critically. If we don’t protect these workers, there will be a shortage of doctors and nurses to care for infected patients, leading to a much larger public health disaster.
  • Essential workers are also getting sick and dying in supermarkets, factories, and other industries. The meatpacking industry’s failure to protect workers is tremendous, and immigrant workers in a highly dangerous industry are in more danger than ever.
  • All workers required to work in this pandemic must be protected from disease spread. This becomes even more important as states begin to reopen their economies, putting more workers in danger.
  • OSHA’s mission is to “assure safe and healthful working conditions” for all people. for working men and women.’”
  • OSHA is failing to protect workers from COVID-19 transmission. OSHA has failed to implement a specific enforceable standard requiring protections for the front-line health care workers and emergency responders. Further, OSHA has failed to implement a specific enforceable standard to protect all the other workers.
  • OSHA must issue an emergency temporary standard requiring protections for the highest risk frontline healthcare workers and emergency responders. This standard must also cover all other workers to immediately to protect them from occupational exposure to COVID-19.
  • Workplace health and safety guidance are important, but they are voluntary -enforcement and regulation are needed.
  • A federal standard is the only way to hold employers accountable for implementing safety protections and a robust exposure control plan for workers.
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Social media

Help us amplify this on social media. Please share these Twitter and Facebook posts with your networks.

You can also create your own social media posts using the samples below, and these downloadable social graphics, and use the hashtags #ProtectAllWorkers and #COVIDfrontlines.

Sample Tweets:

The Senate must take action to protect workers from #COVID19! Tell your senators to pass the COVID-19 Every Worker Protection Act of 2020! Call 202-224-3121 and tell them to #ProtectAllWorkers.

The Senate must take action to protect workers from #COVID19! Tell your senators to pass the COVID-19 Every Worker Protection Act of 2020! Take action here to #ProtectAllWorkers: www.nelp.org/protectallworkers

Sample Facebook posts:

Millions of frontline healthcare, emergency response, grocery, warehouse, delivery, sanitation, and transportation workers are at risk of COVID-19 exposure on the job. But, right now, the federal government is failing to ensure that workers are protected!

Tell your senators to pass the COVID-19 Every Worker Protection Act of 2020! Take action here to #ProtectAllWorkers: www.nelp.org/protectallworkers

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