Entrada: Employer Sponsored Learning empowers individuals worldwide to communicate & enables low income immigrants to learn English as they work. #EnableChange
“Everyone understands the dollars of black Americans,” said owner of a number of fashion and sneaker retailers focused on black consumers. “If you are willing to research the dollars of black America, how do you not have the time to research the plight?” nyti.ms/3gNMvjD
Today, we are excited to announce a $6.5M Series A led by Valor Siren Ventures. During this uncertain time, we're so grateful to further our impact on public health and support essential industries to keep their customers and employees safe. Read more: pathspottech.com/pr/pathspot…
Per capita, the Navajo Nation has more #COVID19 cases than New York.
Marginalized and vulnerable communities in the US and all around the world are disproportionately impacted by this virus.
If the wave of cases is receding in your community, please don’t tune out! Chip in. 🙏
“While the next business trip can wait, the next feeding of a 6-month-old cannot... This essential work is at the core of our economy, yet our economy systematically ignores it.”
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Araceli, @NailTechsUnited member tells @AOC & @RoKhanna: I love my job, but we cannot return to the same conditions that we were fighting against before the pandemic. Our health is important and our lives are important. We need #Recovery4All!
“It’s not their responsibility to come up with a vaccine, but isn’t it their responsibility to support their employees the best they can?"
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“There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.”
~ Desmond Tutu
We love that Kelly is getting help from her community! But essential workers need more than just gratitude—they need support from the government that swore to protect them. That’s why we’re fighting for an Essential Workers Bill of Rights. Tell your rep: ewar.ren/CallReps
OK, I've been holding my tongue on the theory that a pandemic is no time to be calling people out on anything other than failing us in a public health sense. I thought it might be a moment for peace and reconciliation. But I feel a thread coming on....1/
Disney stops paying 100,000 workers, roughly half its workforce, even as it protects executive bonus schemes and a $1.5 billion dividend payment due in July. ft.com/content/db574838-0f40…
California’s emergency fund for workers left out of the federal #coronavirus relief is a crucial first step. Other states should follow suit.
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