'If they don't feel safe, they're not going to go back to work,'AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka told CNBC.
on Friday warned that workers will be at risk of getting sick with the coronavirus if restrictions on businesses are lifted without robust safety protocols in place.
The failure to prioritize worker safety while restarting the economy will only multiply the threat of additional Covid-19 outbreaks, Trumka argued. "All that we will do is open up and then immediately in a month or so have to close back down because workers got infected," he said. , vaulting the nation's unemployment rate to 14.7% last month due to the pandemic-induced economic halt. The vast majority — 18.1 million people — said they lost their job temporarily.
"I think we have nearly 20 different documents out now, providing guidance, very focused now on safe reopening in a variety of industries," Scalia said on"We also have enforcement tools that, if we have to, we'll use in the case of companies that aren't keeping their workers safe."
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