YourWorkersMyFamily

#YourWorkersMyFamily is a youth-powered campaign aligned with the National Children’s Campaign (NCC). We’re fighting to support the efforts of the #CoronaStrike Coalition by demanding universal hazard pay and required PPE for all essential workers during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond

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We are an intergenerational organizing team of labor activists, working people, and concerned family members from across the country. Our coalition was inspired by the story of a wildcat strike led by Texas healthcare workers. This story went viral on social media on April 14, garnering mainstream media attention and 95,000 likes on Twitter. We mobilized within 48 hours to create a campaign in support of these workers.

Our week of action began April 27, 2020, with our social media launch, followed by a two-day tweet bombing campaign to demand hazard pay and PPE for essential workers. In addition, we are sharing stories from essential workers and their families. Finally, our week of action culminates on May 1st, International Workers’ Day, to foster engagement with #CoronaStrike, #MayDay2020, and other nationwide efforts.

Across the country, essential workers are struggling to secure basic job protections including hazard pay, mandatory paid sick leave, and personal protective equipment. NCC and #YourWorkersMyFamily are aligned in their efforts to advocate for the safety of our loved ones who are on the frontlines.

Beyond May 1st, #YourWorkersMyFamily demands that workers’ humanity be valued and are calling for their stories to be heard. #YourWorkersMyFamily fully endorses #CoronaStrike’s vision to “develop a broad, united front organized around short-term and long-term aims that put workers and other disenfranchised people before profit.”