"Essential Labor, Expendable Lives": Mass Transit Workers Worry About Safety as NYC Begins to Reopen
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#54G89)
As New York City begins to partially reopen, we look at what it means for the nation's largest public transportation system. It's a very stressful and dangerous situation," says Seth Rosenberg, a subway operator, shop steward with the Transport Workers Union Local 100 and a member of a small coalition of transit workers called Local 100 Fightback. The safety measures are not in place to protect transit workers or riders."