tag | essential workers

 Ted S. Warren
February 16, 2021 | 8:09 AM

Home care industry strained by pandemic

The PHI National Workforce Data Center, a research center on direct care professionals, projects more than 341,000 unfilled jobs in home health care in Pennsylvania by 2028.
By Madison Karas/WHYY
 Chris Szagola
January 15, 2021 | 7:46 AM

Flyers to honor frontline families with VIP treatment at every home game

“Essential and frontline workers throughout the Philadelphia region are sacrificing so much for our community,” said Valerie Camillo, president of business operations for the Flyers and Wells Fargo Center.
By Maria Pulcinella/WHYY
 Katie Blackley
January 14, 2021 | 7:43 AM

Popular but underfunded hazard pay program helped many, left others behind

The program used $50 million in federal CARES Act money to pay an extra $3 per hour to essential workers who earn less than $20 an hour. It lasted 10 weeks, from late summer to early fall.
By An-Li Herring, Kate Giammarise/WESA

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December 26, 2020 | 11:45 AM

How the pandemic turned an introvert into a voice for gig workers

Gig workers have found a voice

By Shannon Bond/NPR
July 9, 2020 | 6:54 AM

‘We were treated worse than animals’: Disaster recovery workers confront COVID-19

"These workers are essential, but no one behaves like it."
By Joel Rose, Marisa Peñaloza/NPR
July 1, 2020 | 6:08 AM

When essential workers earn less than the jobless: ‘We put the country on our back’

By Alina Selyukh/NPR
June 5, 2020 | 7:31 AM

Teens as ‘essential’ workers: How high schoolers stepped up for family during COVID-19

For thousands of Philadelphia-area teenagers, the end of the school year brings relief: a break from balancing work as a student and an “essential worker.”

By Miles Bryan/Keystone Crossroads