Take Action: Unions Respond to COVID-19

Take Action: COVID-19

The labor movement is working nonstop to ensure workers devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic receive the protections and support needed during this challenging time. Get involved and make sure the needs of working people are heard.

ATU: Demand Stronger Protections for Workers Transit agencies and private transit companies need to provide stronger safety protections for frontline transit workers.	Take Action
Utility Workers: Protect Frontline Workers Tell Congress to improve protections for all essential personnel, including utility workers hard at work during this pandemic.	Take Action
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.	Call 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.	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.	Take Action
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.	Take Action
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.	Take Action
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.	Take Action
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.	Sign the Petition
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.	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.	Sign the Petition
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.	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.	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.	Take Action
OPEIU: Use the Defense Production Act to Protect Frontline Professionals and Those They Care For Call on lawmakers to join together to insist President Trump use the Defense Production Act to produce critically needed lifesaving masks, respirators, gowns, gloves and ventilators.	Take Action
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.	Take Action
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.	Sign the Petition

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Take Action: COVID-19

ATU: Demand Stronger Protections for Workers

Utility Workers: Protect Frontline Workers

AFSCME: Demand State and Local Aid

ATU: Help Save the Motor Coach Bus Industry

Painters and Allied Trades: Construction Workers Are Not Expendable

Machinists: Protect the Pay and Benefits of Airline Workers

Machinists: Support the Paycheck Guarantee Act

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

NNU: Demand Nurses Are Protected

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

ATU: Save Public Transit in Our Communities

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

AFT: Healthcare Workers Need Protective Equipment Now

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

OPEIU: Use the Defense Production Act to Protect Frontline Professionals and Those They Care For

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

UNITE HERE: Pay Laid Off Arena and Stadium Workers