John: The labor movement is working nonstop to ensure that workers devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic receive the protections and support they need.

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Actors' Equity: Protect Theatre Professionals Who Have Lost Their Health Care

Tell Congress to pass the Worker Health Coverage Protection Act, a key step to help ensure out-of-work artists can still get access to health insurance. [link removed] TAKE ACTION NOW!

AFSCME: Demand State and Local Aid

Front-line public service workers are putting their lives at risk to fight this pandemic, but if Congress doesn't pass state and local aid, these public service workers could be thanked with a pink slip. Call your senator and demand Congress to deliver as much state and local aid as needed to keep our public services running. [link removed] CALL NOW!

AFSCME: Tell the White House to Activate the Defense Production Act

Tell President Trump to activate the Defense Production Act and direct businesses to accelerate the manufacturing of N95 masks, respirators, ventilators, gloves and other personal protective equipment our workers desperately need. [link removed] SEND A LETTER

AFT: Healthcare Workers Need Protective Equipment Now

Tell the White House healthcare workers should have immediate, free access to being tested and adequate protections to ensure their safety and that of their patients. [link removed] SIGN THE PETITION

ATU: Demand Stronger Protections for Workers

Transit agencies and private transit companies need to provide stronger safety protections for frontline transit workers. ​[link removed] TAKE ACTION NOW!

ATU: Help Save the Motor Coach Bus Industry

Tell Congress to provide the highest level possible of direct emergency funding to intercity bus companies that have been devastated by COVID-19. [link removed] SIGN THE PETITION

ATU: Save Public Transit in Our Communities

Tell Congress to provide highest level possible of direct emergency funding to public transit agencies to protect our workers and keep transit buses rolling. [link removed] SIGN THE PETITION

CWA: We Need to Use the Defense Production Act Now!

Tell President Trump to mandate the immediate production of all the personal protective equipment, tests and ventilators we need to respond to the crisis and protect healthcare workers. [link removed] TAKE ACTION NOW!

Flight Attendants: Tell Secretary Mnuchin You Can't Leverage People!

The grants in the relief package are intended to provide paychecks for workers and keep us out of the unemployment line. But Secretary Mnuchin is threatening to take equity on the grants, jeopardizing hundreds of thousands of jobs. [link removed] TAKE ACTION NOW!

Machinists: Protect the Pay and Benefits of Airline Workers

A number of air carriers that received federal funds are ignoring or circumventing the employment protections that are conditions to receive the funds, and cutting the wages and benefits for tens of thousands of full-time fleet and passenger service employees. Tell Congress to make sure these companies keep their promise to maintain employment, pay and benefits, just as the law requires. [link removed] TAKE ACTION NOW!

Machinists: Support the Paycheck Guarantee Act

Tell Congress to support the Paycheck Guarantee Act, which would help ensure America's workforce and businesses remain intact during the COVID-19 pandemic. [link removed] TAKE ACTION NOW!

NNU: Demand Nurses Are Protected

Nurses across the country report that they are not adequately protected from COVID-19. This is unconscionable. Tell Congress to do everything in their power to ensure nurses have the protections needed to safely care for their patients. [link removed] SIGN THE PETITION

Painters and Allied Trades: Construction Workers Are Not Expendable

OSHA has failed to provide the necessary guidance and standards for workers to return to job sites and work safely amidst a pandemic. Tell OSHA to do its job ensure workplace safety standards protect American workers, not employer profits. [link removed] TAKE ACTION NOW!

The NewsGuild-CWA: Life-Saving News Needs a Stimulus

News is an essential service and our country can't afford to lose it during this pandemic. Tell Congress to include the news industry in its next stimulus package. [link removed] SIGN THE PETITION

UNITE HERE: Pay Laid Off Arena and Stadium Workers

Tell professional sports team owners to continue to pay their arena and stadium workers affected by the suspension of league play. [link removed] SIGN THE PETITION

Utility Workers: Protect Frontline Workers

Tell Congress to improve protections for all essential personnel, including utility workers hard at work during this pandemic. [link removed] TAKE ACTION NOW!

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