As part of an ongoing series of conversations on the impact of COVID-19 on workers and working families, this discussion brought together scholars and labor leaders to address the equitable distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine and how unions and workers could respond to developing plans for a vaccine's distribution. The conversation featured initial comments followed by time for questions and dialogue.
This event was co-sponsored by Georgetown University's Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, Global Health Initiative, and the School of Nursing and Health Studies.
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David Michaels is a professor in the Milken Institute School of Public Health of George Washington University and member of the National Academies' Committee on a Framework for Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus.
Liz Royal is a coordinator with the National Nurse Alliance of Service Employees International Union.
Robyn Robbins is the director of occupational safety and health at the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.