Essential Workers at Risk

COVID-19 and NYC Transit Worker Hell

June 7, 2020 UNAC Editor Austerity, Economics, Healthcare, Public Health

by Marty Goodman, published on Socialist Action, June 4, 2020 “We are not essential. We are sacrificial.” –from a May 5 Op-Ed article in the New York Times by Sujatha Gidla, a NYC train conductor and author. As of June 3, the death toll amongst New York City’s transit workers hit 131. New York City bus driver Danny Cruz, who[…]