Frontline Worker Pay 2022 Highlights
Rep. Cedrick Frazier is working to sign a bill into law that would give $1500 bonus checks to essential workers, who had to work in person during the COVID-19 pandemic. These clips are highlights from testimony and discussion in six different committees within the MN House of Representatives during the 2022 legislative session.
Frontline worker occupations include:
1) long-term care and home care; 2) health care; 3) emergency responders; 4) public health, social service, and regulatory service; 5) courts and corrections; 6) child care; 7) public schools, including charter schools, state schools, and higher education; 8) food service, including production, processing, preparation, sale, and delivery; 9) retail, including sales, fulfillment, distribution, and delivery; 10) temporary shelters and hotels; 11) building services, including maintenance, janitorial, and security; 12) public transit; 13) ground and air transportation services; 14) manufacturing; and 15) vocational rehabilitation.
Thank you to all those who testified in favor of HF2900:
Roslyn Robertson, Commissioner, Department of Labor and Industry
Mary Turner, MN Nurses Association
Zuleima Nunez Figueroa, UFCW 663.
Tony Ramberg, UFCW 663.
Lori Smith, SEIU 284.
Xavier Heim, SEIU Local 26.
Anne Thomsen, Education Minnesota.
Cliff Adams, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota.
Chrissy Gamst, MAPE.
Alyssa Ingle, ABC & 123 Learning Center.
Deb Pavlica, AFSCME Local 3260.
Claire Brodjieski, St. Anthony-New Brighton School District.