Essential workers just can't get a break. Pay lost during protests as stores curb hours, honor curfews

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Essential workers just can't get a break. Pay lost during protests as stores curb hours, honor curfews
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Unforeseen curfews and sporadic acts of violence have had adverse consequences for the workers society relied on during the coronavirus lockdown.

Brianna Secreto's job shut down temporarily due to race protests happening in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a result, she's losing hours at work, and it's eating away at her paycheck.

"When you're closing stores and cutting hours due to civil disobedience, no one is winning," said crisis management expert Ronn Torossian who is at the helm of 5W Public Relations firm. "It's affecting the workers and the retailers. No one is making money." Retailers and grocery stores cut back hours primarily in Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta and South Florida, according to data provided by the

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