December 09, 2020
Billionaire Made $1 Trillion Since COVID-19. They Can Afford to Protect Their Workers.
In a holiday shopping season with rampant rates of COVID-19 infection, we must protect frontline workers before it’s too late.
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There are few scenes more sordid than the surging wealth gains of the world’s billionaire class during an unprecedented pandemic when millions have lost their lives, health, and livelihoods.
As the U.S. heads into another wave of COVID-19 infections, the wealth of 650 American billionaires has increased by over $1 trillion since mid-March, the beginning of the pandemic lockdowns.
Who’s generating all this wealth? In many cases, it’s frontline retail, healthcare, and food workers who are underpaid and under-protected from the virus.
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Read the full article at The Guardian.
Originally in The Guardian.
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