Low wage and low priority
(WorldNews France)

Pic: A child farmer harvests chillis. Thailand, 2018. Shutterstock.com/Somchai_Stock Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, workers on the lowest wages have had the least protection - from the virus, from unemployment and from financial distress - despite their work being deemed `essential.` Global Insight explores how governments and corporations can step up to create a better world for these workers. On returning to work at the tail-end of the country`s virus peak in March, Chinese workers - from medical staff to construction teams - protested the lack of economic support offered as compensation for the total shutdown. As parts of the Western world reopened, and workers were asked to return to...