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Beware efforts absolving companies of COVID-19 liability

Writing in the Waco Tribune, Thomas McGarity warns that Sen. Mitch McConnell's effort to extend a federal COVID-19 liability shield over businesses will endanger workers' lives. Such immunity from accountability would allow employers to force workers to choose between losing their jobs or returning to workplaces where they are not sufficiently protected from the coronavirus.

Type: Op-Eds (May 5, 2020)
PDF: Beware efforts absolving companies of COVID-19 liability
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Author(s): Thomas McGarity
Tags: meat coronavirus torts
Categories: Workers' Rights Workers' Rights

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