With pandemic protections gone, essential workers face omicron alone • Long Beach Post News
By Alejandro Lazo, CalMatters Essential workers such as supermarket cashier Brittannie Gulley are once again on the front lines of another COVID-19 surge. Only this time, they’re on the job without the initial policies intended to protect them. As the pandemic unfolded, California funneled federal emergency unemployment benefits and tapped a budget surplus to help workers stay at home […]