COVID-19
Letter
to
Ann Marie Vaughan
Olga De Cruz
We have always been there protecting people, we have always been on the frontline against illness
Janitor, Toronto
Janitor, Toronto
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Grace Williams
Of course we have always been essential workers. We help keep the city clean. Thousands of people use the subway, if we didn’t clean it would be a mess.
Janitor, Toronto
Janitor, Toronto
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Slim Gedeon
People say that we are important but do they really treat us that way? We should be getting higher pay
Janitor, Ottawa
Janitor, Ottawa
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Roselyn Cabunilas
We are frontline and put at that level of risk everyday as we clean after vulnerable people who are at the highest risk of contracting the virus
Janitor, Toronto
Janitor, Toronto
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Carlos Toledo
One is following the recommendations of the government but feels economically stressed. There is not enough help and it feels unjust
Janitor, Toronto
Janitor, Toronto
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Vilma Lopez
We should be given some recognition for taking this risk by at least increasing our wages
Janitor, Burnaby
Janitor, Burnaby
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Cherish Lazo
If we are not there, who is going to help the residents? Who is going to sanitize and disinfect everything?
Janitor & Resident Care Assistant, Vancouver
Janitor & Resident Care Assistant, Vancouver
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Stanley Maranion
The government should give us more protections such as completely freezing the rent of our houses. With this crisis, if we are laid off, how are we going to pay our rent?
Janitor, Vancouver
Janitor, Vancouver
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Maria Aviles
I think we are putting ourselves at risk cleaning public areas. They should respect us more
Janitor, Toronto
Janitor, Toronto
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Regilyn Malaguit
You’re nobody, you can get sick and be nothing. I’m still a wife, still a mother, still a daughter. With all that’s going on there’s still no respect.
Hotel Worker, Toronto
Hotel Worker, Toronto
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