Instacart, Amazon employees strike over COVID-19, Macy’s furloughs employees, and Google thanks health care workers in video
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Good morning, PR pros:
Google recently published a video thanking health care workers for fighting the spread of COVID-19. The video, which has been watched nearly six million times in less than two days, is accompanied by this message:
As the world faces an unprecedented health crisis, we thank the entire healthcare community for sacrificing so much to save so many.
You can get more information and resources to respond to the crisis at Google’s COVID-19 hub.
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Workers at Amazon, Whole Foods and Instacart have staged strikes and “sick-outs” to protest a lack of COVID-19 protections and precautions, with employees asking for paid time off, hazard pay, hand sanitizer and other measures.
In a Medium blog post, the Gig Workers Collective wrote:
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