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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.
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.
Tell Congress: Do not cave to Mitch McConnell's corporate immunity deal!
Thanks for taking action,
Tihi and the team at Demand Progress
Sources:
1. The American Prospect, “The Absolute Absurdity of Blanket Corporate Immunity,” May 8, 2020.
2. The Intercept, “Corporate Immunity, Mitch McConnell’s Priority For Coronavirus Relief, Is A Longtime Focus Of The Conservative Right,” May 26, 2020.
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