frontline workers

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has made working conditions especially difficult, which has led the City of Salem, Massachusetts, to offer a $500 incentive to employees working at businesses where a COVID vaccine is required for both workers and patrons. Mayor Kim Driscoll told NBC10 Boston that the Salem Employee Incentive Program is intended to support hiring and retaining frontline workers…

Finding frontline workers and retaining them has been difficult during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In Salem, the city’s workforce fluctuations have led to a local government incentive: $500 for employees at businesses where proof of vaccination is required like restaurants, museums and entertainment venues.

“We have huge favorability numbers [for unions]…so that’s also an indication of the pulse of society, that everyone’s sick and tired of watching workers getting abused during the pandemic.”...
Jane McAlevey of the UC Berkeley Labor Center talks about recent labor strikes at Kellogg’s, John Deere and the IATSE film and TV union, where workers are fighting for a weekend. The...

Boston’s mayoral candidates took turns speaking — just over a week before the race’s crucial primary election — followed by national politicians like Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Ayanna Pressley

Democrats swapped breakfast items for barbecue Monday as they rang in Labor Day with a rally in Boston built on party priorities and punctuated by remarks from the candidates in the competitive and unpredictable race for mayor of Boston. Organized labor officials hosted a rally and BBQ at Copley Place “to support frontline workers and to build back better with…

With COVID-19 infections climbing and hospital beds filling up, front-line health workers are feeling fatigued.

Everyone in Massachusetts over the age of 16 can book an appointment to get the COVID vaccine on April 19, Patriot’s Day. Starting Monday, residents 60 years and older as well as many front-line workers will become eligible to get the coronavirus vaccine in Massachusetts.

Circle the date on your calendars: Everyone in Massachusetts over the age of 16 can book an appointment to get the COVID vaccine on April 19, Patriot’s Day. Gov. Charlie Baker announced a timeline Wednesday for when Massachusetts residents who have not received a COVID-19 vaccination shot will be able to sign up, starting with residents 60 years and older as well...

The news that COVID-19 took a far greater toll on New York nursing homes than previously reported highlights just how vulnerable these institutions are. Richard Mollot, executive director of the Long Term Care Community Coalition, joined LX News to explain how the pandemic has highlighted a system that is already malfunctioning due to insufficient staffing.

Dr. Tiffany Moon is a practicing anesthesiologist and a frontline worker in the pandemic. She’s also one of the Real Housewives of Dallas. She joined LX News’ Tabitha Lipkin to talk about the fresh perspective she brings to RHOD and opened up about the racism she has experienced during the pandemic as an Asian-American doctor.

Despite the hardships and health risks essential workers are facing in the pandemic, many profitable companies are still not paying them a living wage. Molly Kinder of the Brookings Institution joined LX News to discuss why companies, and particularly the retailers that have thrived during the pandemic, should be offering hazard pay to workers risking their health and the health...

For her 39th birthday, Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton shared a photo of herself wearing a mask and thanked frontline workers battling the coronavirus pandemic.

An occupational therapist who has been treating COVID-19 patients during the pandemic says the suffering and death she and her colleagues have witnessed over the past year have taken a a steep emotional toll. Lizzy Pesch joined LX News to share a powerful poem she wrote about the experience and the moment that inspired her put her feelings on paper.

A New Mexico COVID-19 ward nurse was told she was going to help a VIP patient in an ambulance outside. Instead, her now-fiancé was waiting to ask her a very important question.

As members of Congress like Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have documented themselves getting the COVID-19 vaccine, many people are wondering why politicians get to cut the line ahead of health care professionals and other frontline workers. NBCLX’s Noah Pransky discusses both sides of the debate.

Nurses fighting the coronavirus pandemic are the heroes in a new Marvel comic book called “The Vitals: True Nurse Stories.” Sean Ryan, a Marvel writer, and Amanda Belcastro, a registered nurse who was featured in the comic, joined LX News to talk about why scrubs are the new capes.

A Salem family of musicians composed a Christmas song to thank essential workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic that is now playing on local radio stations.

Now that the holiday season is here, a Salem, Massachusetts family is showing their appreciation for frontline workers through song. If you live in New England, you may have heard a new holiday jingle on your local radio station thanking doctors, nurses, first responders, supermarket employees and many other essential workers who have gone above and beyond the call of…

A Salem family of musicians composed a Christmas song to thank essential workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic that is now playing on local radio stations.

Mercy Hospital is in the St. Louis, Mo., area, which is in danger of running out of hospital rooms for its most critical patients.