Well, we’re in May now. It’s been a month and a half since everything started closing and authorities urged social distancing.

But work hasn’t stopped for people working in essential industries – health care, of course. But also grocery stores, fire and police services, construction, buses, meat packing, and more.

That doesn’t mean the work is always safe. Around the country, there have been more than 150 labor actions like walk-outs or strikes. Protesting conditions that the workers feel are unsafe. That includes several labor actions here in Virginia – from workers in Naval Yards in Hampton Roads to poultry plants in the Shenandoah Valley.