Unions for frontline workers call for 4-week shutdown in LA County in January amid COVID-19 surge
By Mary Stringini
Unions call for L.A. County shutdown to save lives
LOS ANGELES - The pandemic has been tough on everyone but especially those who are on the frontlines, unable to stay safely at home as COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations have reached record-high volumes in Los Angeles County.
Desperate for the county to get the virus under control, unions representing nurses, healthcare, teachers, grocery store and hotel employees are demanding that the LA County Board of Supervisors urgently enact a circuit breaker a strict 4-week lockdown in January, to ultimately save lives and allow the economy and schools to reopen faster.
By City News Service
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A coalition of Los Angeles-area unions are calling today for a sweeping four-week countywide lockdown next month to bring the surge of COVID-19 cases and deaths under control.
“Healthcare workers throughout Los Angeles are reaching their breaking point. They are understaffed, overworked and inundated with patients fighting for their lives, Sal Rosselli, president of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, said in a statement. “COVID-19 cannot be allowed to spread following the December holidays the way it spread after Thanksgiving. We all have to work together to keep this from getting worse, and that starts with people having the financial security to stay home.
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In a move that reflects the desperation of teachers, nurses, healthcare, grocery and hotel employees, their influential unions are calling for a strict month-long Los Angeles County shutdown in January to control the raging COVID-19 pandemic, save lives and ultimately allow for a quicker reopening of schools and the economy.
Evidence of mounting frustration and anxiety has also emerged in newly released surveys of teachers and parents as most campuses across L.A. County remain closed to in-person classes.
The union coalition called for what it described as a “circuit breaker” in a letter Wednesday night to the county Board of Supervisors and in an online petition. The letter demands stricter health orders, stronger enforcement and an infusion of aid from the state and federal government to keep workers and their employers afloat.
Report: Nearly 90% of Christian Schools Opened Academic Year with In-Person Instruction
13 Dec 2020
A report released by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) demonstrates that 90 percent of Christian schools opened the 2020-2021 academic year with in-person instruction as planned, despite the coronavirus pandemic.
On Thursday, ACSI announced the release of the data from its nationwide survey of Christian schools’ responses to the coronavirus pandemic.
“Close to 90% of Christian schools delivered on their promises to open with in-person instruction for the 2020-2021 academic year,” Dr. Lynn Swaner, ACSI chief strategy and innovation officer and the report’s lead author, said, adding the findings suggest Christian schools successfully adapted to the pandemic.
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