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Mar 30, 2020

COVID-19 worker backlash

Oil prices hit an 18-year low. Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island are planning a strike for Monday. How this “cancellation economy” is affecting places like the Coachella Valley in California.

Whole Foods is one of the companies facing backlash over working conditions during the COVID-19 outbreak. — Whole Foods is one of the companies facing backlash over working conditions during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Demanding better COVID-19 protections, workers nationwide plan walkouts
by Andy Uhler, David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
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Amazon, Instacart and Whole Foods face backlash from workers concerned about safe working conditions.
Coachella Valley businesses reeling after festival, conferences called off
by Benjamin Gottlieb
Presley Ann/Getty Images for Coachella
COVID-19 has put the region’s $7 billion events industry at risk.

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COVID-19 worker backlash