![Essential but undervalued: Millions of health care workers aren't getting the pay or respect they deserve in the COVID-19 pandemic Essential but undervalued: Millions of health care workers aren't getting the pay or respect they deserve in the COVID-19 pandemic](https://i0.wp.com/www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020.05.28_Metro_Health-workers-01.png?w=768&crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C9999px&ssl=1)
Essential but undervalued: Millions of health care workers aren't getting the pay or respect they deserve in the COVID-19 pandemic
![Key Workers Scheme extension reveal to include all ESSENTIAL workers and a range of additional benefits including £1000 to spend with local businesses. | Mulberry Homes Key Workers Scheme extension reveal to include all ESSENTIAL workers and a range of additional benefits including £1000 to spend with local businesses. | Mulberry Homes](https://mulberryhomes.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Mulberry-Key-Worker-808-x-1080px-2-1.jpg)
Key Workers Scheme extension reveal to include all ESSENTIAL workers and a range of additional benefits including £1000 to spend with local businesses. | Mulberry Homes
![Essential but undervalued: Millions of health care workers aren't getting the pay or respect they deserve in the COVID-19 pandemic Essential but undervalued: Millions of health care workers aren't getting the pay or respect they deserve in the COVID-19 pandemic](https://i0.wp.com/www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020.05.28_Metro_Health-workers-02.png?fit=400%2C9999px&quality=1)
Essential but undervalued: Millions of health care workers aren't getting the pay or respect they deserve in the COVID-19 pandemic
![Support for Homemoving Essential Workers by Mulberry Homes with their Key Workers Scheme | Mulberry Homes Support for Homemoving Essential Workers by Mulberry Homes with their Key Workers Scheme | Mulberry Homes](https://mulberryhomes.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Mulberry-Key-Worker-808-x-1080px-2-1-650x486.jpg)
Support for Homemoving Essential Workers by Mulberry Homes with their Key Workers Scheme | Mulberry Homes
![Congress Must Strengthen SNAP To Support Essential Workers During the Coronavirus Crisis - Center for American Progress Congress Must Strengthen SNAP To Support Essential Workers During the Coronavirus Crisis - Center for American Progress](https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/snap-essential-workers-03.png)
Congress Must Strengthen SNAP To Support Essential Workers During the Coronavirus Crisis - Center for American Progress
![People are so burned out': US essential workers struggle as restrictions lifted | US news | The Guardian People are so burned out': US essential workers struggle as restrictions lifted | US news | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5e35ebbede40a2378fe676815939b208d8d5097d/0_21_4032_2418/master/4032.jpg?width=465&quality=85&dpr=1&s=none)
People are so burned out': US essential workers struggle as restrictions lifted | US news | The Guardian
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Key workers in the pandemic: Security traps among Britain's essential workers | RSA report funded by Trust for London | Trust for London
![The COVID-19 hazard continues, but the hazard pay does not: Why America's essential workers need a raise The COVID-19 hazard continues, but the hazard pay does not: Why America's essential workers need a raise](https://i0.wp.com/www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20201029_Metro_State-of-hazard-pay-04.png?fit=400%2C9999px&quality=1#038;ssl=1)
The COVID-19 hazard continues, but the hazard pay does not: Why America's essential workers need a raise
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Who Are Kentucky's Essential Workers on the Frontlines of the COVID-19 Pandemic? - Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
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Congress Must Strengthen SNAP To Support Essential Workers During the Coronavirus Crisis - Center for American Progress
![Essential workers comprise about half of all workers in low-paid occupations. They deserve a $15 minimum wage. Essential workers comprise about half of all workers in low-paid occupations. They deserve a $15 minimum wage.](https://i0.wp.com/www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021.02.05_BrookingsMetro_MinimumWage_Edited-01.png?w=768&crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C9999px&ssl=1)
Essential workers comprise about half of all workers in low-paid occupations. They deserve a $15 minimum wage.
![Interim Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Health Care Personnel, First Responders, and Other Essential and Frontline Workers — Eight U.S. Locations, December Interim Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Health Care Personnel, First Responders, and Other Essential and Frontline Workers — Eight U.S. Locations, December](https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/social-media/mm7013e3_COVIDVaccineFieldEffectiveness_IMAGE_29Mar21_v2_1200x675-medium.jpg?_=23733)
Interim Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Health Care Personnel, First Responders, and Other Essential and Frontline Workers — Eight U.S. Locations, December
![Essential workers comprise about half of all workers in low-paid occupations. They deserve a $15 minimum wage. Essential workers comprise about half of all workers in low-paid occupations. They deserve a $15 minimum wage.](https://i2.wp.com/www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021.02.05_BrookingsMetro_MinimumWage_Edited-02.png?fit=400%2C9999px&quality=1)