City Council Celebrates Essential Workers Day

While many individuals were given the opportunity to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, essential workers continued to go into work to ensure that our community had access to essential needs, goods, and services.

Despite being classified as essential workers, people in the service industry, many of whom are people of color, are receiving minimum wage, placing them in the half of Boston that is living on less than $35,000.00 a year.

Organizations across Boston, including the Black Boston COVID Coalition, the Boston Building Trades, the Greater Boston Labor Council, IBEW 103, MAMLEO, SEIU 509, the United Coalition of EMS Providers, and others have worked to stand up for essential workers to ensure that they are financially and emotionally supported.

This week, the City Council adopted a resolution recognizing March 13, 2022, as Essential Workers Day in the City of Boston. The Council wants to ensure that essential workers are cared for in terms of public health, economic empowerment, housing, mental health, education, and more.