Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic union members have been doing our part to meet the challenges. Unionized nurses and healthcare workers have been caring for patients, unionized teachers have adapted to the challenges of remote learning, unionized grocery workers have kept shelves stocked and stores open, unionized factory workers have stood up for their right to health and safety, union construction workers have kept jobsites open safely throughout, union port workers and drivers have moved and delivered the goods that our country produces, unionized government workers have delivered mail, kept sewers and other infrastructure maintained, kept parks open, drove busses, and ensured our water is clean to drink. We have worked through a change of administrations and policy directives, and we’re working now in the fourth wave with cases of the Delta variant rising. Our work is safer because we have a voice in health and safety standards. Union workers negotiate every day with management – not just during contract negotiations but every time a safety violation occurs.
 We’re not through the pandemic yet and where we go from here hinges on whether or not we band together and speak with one voice for workplace safety and a plan to end this pandemic together. We deserve safety and security, and together we can achieve it.Â
Kevin Dalton
President , Toledo Federation of Teachers
Local 250/Executive Sscretary/Treasurer, Greater NWO AFL-CIO
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic union members have been doing our part to meet the challenges. Unionized nurses and healthcare workers have been caring for patients, unionized teachers have adapted to the challenges of remote learning, unionized grocery workers have kept shelves stocked and stores open, unionized factory workers have stood up for their right to health and safety, union construction workers have kept jobsites open safely throughout, union port workers and drivers have moved and delivered the goods that our country produces, unionized government workers have delivered mail, kept sewers and other infrastructure maintained, kept parks open, drove busses, and ensured our water is clean to drink. We have worked through a change of administrations and policy directives, and we’re working now in the fourth wave with cases of the Delta variant rising. Our work is safer because we have a voice in health and safety standards. Union workers negotiate every day with management – not just during contract negotiations but every time a safety violation occurs.
 We’re not through the pandemic yet and where we go from here hinges on whether or not we band together and speak with one voice for workplace safety and a plan to end this pandemic together. We deserve safety and security, and together we can achieve it.Â
Kevin Dalton
President , Toledo Federation of Teachers
Local 250/Executive Sscretary/Treasurer, Greater NWO AFL-CIO
