This week Beth and Jess talk about the rights of essential workers as COVID infection rates continue to soar in many US states.

To learn more, Jess speaks to Sharon Block, Executive Director of the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School. Sharon describes how we can give workers a bigger say over their work - and how the costs of the pandemic are being borne disproportionately by low-wage workers, a population made up primarily of women and workers of color.

Jess and Sharon also explore police union reform, labor issues in the Presidential race, and changing campaign financing in the US.   

Special thanks to Mike Boucher at Sonic Pictures for production support.

Links

• US Workers Need More Power - The Washington Post
• The Workplace Powers That Employees Need - The Atlantic
• Worker Power and Voice in the Pandemic Response - Clean Slate Project at Harvard Law School
• Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor by Steven Greenhouse