Covid-19 pandemic shines a light on a new kind of class divide and its inequalities
Robert Reich
Sun 26 Apr 2020 01.00 EDTLast modified on Sun 26 Apr 2020 01.01 EDT
The Covid-19 pandemic is putting the deepening class divide in America into stark relief. Four new classes are emerging.
The Remotes: These are professional, managerial, and technical workers an estimated 35% of the workforce who are putting in long hours at their laptops, Zooming into conferences, scanning electronic documents, and collecting about the same pay as before the crisis.
Many are bored or anxious, but theyre well off compared to the three other classes.
The Essentials: Theyre about 30% of workers, including nurses, homecare and childcare workers, farm workers, food processors, truck drivers, warehouse and transit workers, drugstore employees, sanitation workers, police officers, firefighters, and the military.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/25/covid-19-pandemic-shines-a-light-on-a-new-kind-of-class-divide-and-its-inequalities