Clare Hammonds – The Conversation

Black and Latino essential workers are more likely to experience food, child care and housing insecurities than their white co-workers, in addition to safety concerns. Jumping Rocks/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

August 18, 2020

Black and Latino essential workers experience greater safety concerns than their white counterparts

Jasmine Kerrissey, UMass Amherst; Clare Hammonds, UMass Amherst, and Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, UMass Amherst

Stress and physical conditions make essential work unsafe, especially for Black and Latino employees.

Essential workers don’t always have access to the PPE they need. Lorado/Getty Images

June 3, 2020

Low‑wage essential workers get less protection against coronavirus – and less information about how it spreads

Jasmine Kerrissey, UMass Amherst and Clare Hammonds, UMass Amherst

Low-wage workers are less likely than high-wage workers to have access to things like masks, hand sanitizer and training on how to prevent COVID-19 transmission.

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