Hi,
Mitch McConnell is holding relief spending hostage in exchange for
complete corporate immunity for exposing workers and workplaces to the
coronavirus.^1
He and big corporations want to "reopen the economy" by forcing workers to
go to their jobs without sufficient legal rights to be protected from
infection. Already, many indoor workplaces have been shown to be major
transmission centers of the coronavirus.
McConnell's proposal puts millions of lives on the line. And he thinks he
can get it by forcing it to be part of a stimulus deal. Democrats might
give it to him.^2 That's why you need to get involved and tell your
members of Congress to fight back.
[ [link removed] ]Add your name: Tell Congress to stop Mitch McConnell's disastrous
corporate immunity deal!
More than 100,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, which is already an
enormous national tragedy. Instead of moving swiftly to protect the health
of our nation, Mitch McConnell wants immunity for corporations who expose
their workers to the deadly virus for the sake of making profits.
Under McConnell's plan, companies that don't provide masks and gloves,
fail to enforce social distancing, or recklessly expose customers to
COVID-19 could be let off the hook, while workers and customers pay with
their lives.
McConnell is being crystal clear: he would rather help big corporations
make huge profits than protect working people from the world’s worst
pandemic in a century.
Your members of Congress -- who are elected by you -- need to stand up for
you and your family in this moment. There cannot be any negotiation or
DC-dealmaking that lets corporations risk the lives of their workers to
continue raking in profits.
[ [link removed] ]Tell Congress: Do not cave to Mitch McConnell's corporate immunity
deal!
Thanks for taking action,
Tihi and the team at Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. The American Prospect, “The Absolute Absurdity of Blanket Corporate
Immunity,” [ [link removed] ]May 8, 2020.
2. The Intercept, “Corporate Immunity, Mitch McConnell’s Priority For
Coronavirus Relief, Is A Longtime Focus Of The Conservative Right,” [ [link removed] ]May
26, 2020.
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