From Roll Call: AFL-CIO’s Trumka rejects reopening without safety measures

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka criticized the White House for pushing to reopen the economy without regard for worker safety and warned that premature action could raise the death toll.

"A rush to open without the proper protection for workers will lead to an explosion of the infection, many more deaths, and another shutdown," Trumka said in a Tuesday press call. “It’s a surefire way to increase the death count and plunge our economy into a second great depression.”

Read more here. Click here to read: Union Federation Warns Against Hasty Reopening Of Economy: ‘Many More Deaths’ by Dave Jamieson in Huffington Post.