The congressman is proposing to create a fund that would compensate essential workers for financial losses incurred by falling ill from COVID-19, and provide death benefits to the families of workers who have died from the disease.
Joseph Kennedy calls for compensation fund to benefit essential workers harmed by COVID-19, modeled on 9/11 victims’ fund
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