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Note: This letter was sent to Representatives John Katko (NY-24) and Elise Stefanik (NY-21), requesting they co-sponsor H.R. 6431 - Made in America Emergency Preparedness Act. The letter to Rep. Katko was co-signed by the Greater Syracuse Labor Council.

Entertainment workplaces need more time and data to prepare and change the way show business works.

The United States now has more than a million reported coronavirus cases, by far the most of any country in the world. The health of our nation, physically and economically, depends on the safety of our workers.

As Richard Trumka, the president of the AFL-CIO,wrote in a public letter to the U.S.

Statement of Samantha DeRiso, President, Central New York Labor Council

“For all workers, the toll of COVID-19 infections and deaths is mounting and will increase even more rapidly as workers return to work without necessary safety and health protections,” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka wrote in the letter, which listed dozens of members who have died f