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Workers left out of government and business response to the coronavirus

  • Written by Thomas Kochan, Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Walmart CEO Doug McMillon at a White House press conference joining government and corporate officials – but no representatives of workers.AP Photo/Alex Brandon

As the coronavirus crisis unfolds, workers and families around the country are finding out how weak the U.S. social safety net is.

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