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Opinion | How we can actually thank essential workers: give them more money. By Sarita Gupta and Rachel Korberg of FordFoundation

– they are getting money directly to the most vulnerable workers in our economy, including care providers and immigrant workers who lack stable employment.

The bipartisan federal relief package, named the CARES Act, included a one-time check of up to $1,200 per person and expanded unemployment insurance. While this is a huge stride, it won't be enough to prevent millions from falling into or deeper into poverty, especially when the package excludes some of the most marginalized, such as many immigrants.

Across the political spectrum, leaders are celebrating low-wage workers and thanking them for risking their lives to keep our families fed, and there is aabout how paid sick leave and enhanced workplace health and safety practices actually make companies more resilient, rather than less competitive.

 

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FordFoundation Yes but think bigger. Employers see all workers as essential, or they wouldn't otherwise pay them, no? The crisis has revealed how precarious the MiddleClass is and how hard it was screwed by the plutocracy. To fix this, we need an alternative to Socialism. We need Rationism.

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