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Dr. Harriet Fraad says the situation facing working women post-pandemic has grown “dire.”

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On March 17, 2022, the designation of Covid-19 as an airborne infectious disease that represents a serious risk of harm to the public under the New York Hero Act — ended. On this episode of Bob Hennelly’s Stuck Nation Labor Radio Hour, Bob talks with Charlene Obernaur, executive director of the NY Committee For Occupational Safety and Health [NYCOSH] about what that now means for workplace safety heading into the future.

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Seg A: NYCOSH Executive Director Charlene Obernaur

Later in the show, Bob welcomes Dr. Harriet Fraad, host of the “Democracy Hits Home” podcast, who discusses the “dire” situation facing working women and their families post-pandemic.

“Day care workers get less pay than parking attendants; 16,000 day care workers have quit because you can’t live on that,” Dr. Fraad points out. “At the same time, over two million women, just in this area, have dropped out [of the workforce].”

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Seg B: Dr. Harriet Fraad, Democracy Hits Home