When Corey Hill reports for work at the Daimler Trucks manufacturing plant in Cleveland, North Carolina, he knows he won’t be able to stay a safe physical distance from his coworkers on the assembly line. Because the plant’s machinery can’t be moved, his union fought for and secured other protections, including temperature checks, a mask mandate, testing transparency and paid sick time. While his plant has seen several COVID-19 cases during the pandemic, it has so far avoided a major outbreak. He knows many workers in his state aren’t so lucky. Throughout the pandemic, state labor officials in…
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