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It analyzes approaches to categorizing COVID and the pandemic, then details strategies and legal challenges used to fight for safety and livelihoods. 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The core mission of the ILAW Network is to unite legal practitioners and scholars in an exchange of information, ideas and strategies in order to best promote and defend the rights and interests of workers and their organizations wherever they may be.  \nDesign: Natalie Tate  \nCover photo:  \nWorkers wait in line behind barbed wire to be tested for COVID-19 after their hostels are placed under lockdown. November 19, 2020. Selangor, Malaysia.  \n© [Mickey-12/Shutterstock.com](Mickey-12/Shutterstock.com)  \nThe information contained in this report is provided for informational purposes only, and should not be construed as legal advice on any subject matter. Information in this report may not constitute the most upto-date legal or other information. The report contains links to other third-party websites, the ILAW Network does not recommend or endorse those contents, the links are only for convenience for the reader. The views expressed are those of the individual authors-not those ofthe ILAW Network as a whole. No reader should act or refrain from acting on the basis of this information without first seeking legal advice from counsel in the relevant jurisdiction.  \n[2] Fighting for Lives and Livelihoods: Workers, the Pandemic, and the Law  \nInternational Lawyers Assisting Workers Network  \nTable of Contents  \nFighting for Lives and Livelihoods: Workers, the Pandemic, and the Law  \nJason Moyer-Lee  \nIntroduction 5  \nClassifying Covid and the Pandemic 17  \nFighting for Lives 25  \nFighting for Livelihoods 51  \nConclusion 70  \nEssays  \nU.S. Covid-19 Case Study: Amazon Warehouse Workers 74  \nFrank Kearl  \nChanges to Working Conditions in the Wake of the Pandemic in Mexico: The Illegality of 86  \nUnilateral Salary Reductions  \nAlejandra Martinez Gil  \nThe IWGB Case and Employment Status in the Covid Pandemic: A Matter of Life and 95  \nDeath  \nAlan Bogg  \nCovid 19 & Worker Health & Safety: The Case of Glove Factory Workers in Malaysia 103  \nNoraida Endut  \nVictory is Not Enough: Fighting for Meaningful Access to Wage Support for South 111  \nAfrica’s Domestic Workers During the Covid-19 Pandemic  \nAmy Tekie and Maggie Mthombeni  \nLogistics Workers’ Union Resilience Amidst Covid-19 in Ukraine 120  \nInna Kudinska and George Sandul  \nRemote Work and Telework: The Spanish Experience 125  \nFrancisco Trillo  \nArgentina Covid-19 Case Study: Covid as an Occupational Disease 131  \nDiego Zang  \nEmployers’ Safety Obligation in Times of Health Crisis: Observations Pursuant to the 139 Ruling of the Court of Appeal of Versailles of 24 April 2020  \nYassine Mouhib  \nRole of Trade Unions in Protecting Workers’ Rights During Covid-19 in India 149  \nGunjan Singh  \nMaritime Covid-19 Case Study: Abandoned at Sea 158  \nJonathan Warring  \n[3] Fighting for Lives and Livelihoods: Workers, the Pandemic, and the Law  \nInternational Lawyers Assisting Workers Network  \n‘Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has and it never will.’  \n-Frederick Douglass*  \n* Douglass, F.‘No Progress Without Struggle’. Available from The W.E.B. DuBois Learning Center, [http://www.duboislc.org/html/BlackStruggle.html](http://www.duboislc.org/html/BlackStruggle.html). Quoted in: Frederick Douglass,“Frederick Douglass Declares There Is “No Progress Without Struggle”,” SHEC: Resources for Teachers, accessed November 1, 2022, [https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1245](https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1245).  \n[4] Fighting for Lives and Livelihoods: Workers, the Pandemic, and the Law  \nFighting for Lives and Livelihoods:  \nWorkers, the Pandemic, and the Law  \nJason Moyer-Lee1  \nIt was mid-December when Wei Guixian got sick at work. Very sick. This is perhaps unsurprising; the 57-year-old woma","cbCaigWYfsuvnN5y","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigWYfsuvnN5y","pdf",4210584,167,"English","# Introduction\n# Classifying Covid and the Pandemic\n# Fighting for Lives\n# Fighting for Livelihoods\n# Conclusion\n# Essays\n## U.S. Covid-19 Case Study: Amazon Warehouse Workers\n## Changes to Working Conditions in the Wake of the Pandemic in Mexico: The Illegality of Unilateral Salary Reductions\n## The IWGB Case and Employment Status in the Covid Pandemic: A Matter of Life and Death\n## Covid 19 & Worker Health & Safety: The Case of Glove Factory Workers in Malaysia\n## Victory is Not Enough: Fighting for Meaningful Access to Wage Support for South Africa’s Domestic Workers During the Covid-19 Pandemic\n## Logistics Workers’ Union Resilience Amidst Covid-19 in Ukraine\n## Remote Work and Telework: The Spanish Experience\n## Argentina Covid-19 Case Study: Covid as an Occupational Disease\n## Employers’ Safety Obligation in Times of Health Crisis: Observations Pursuant to the Ruling of the Court of Appeal of Versailles of 24 April 2020\n## Role of Trade Unions in Protecting Workers’ Rights During Covid-19 in India\n## Maritime Covid-19 Case Study: Abandoned at Sea","[{\"question\":\"What is the main focus of Fighting for Lives and Livelihoods: Workers, the Pandemic, and the Law?\",\"answer\":\"The report focuses on how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted workers and how law and legal advocacy can defend workers’ rights and interests, especially regarding health and livelihoods.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the report address the classification of COVID and the pandemic?\",\"answer\":\"It includes a dedicated section, “Classifying Covid and the Pandemic,” examining how COVID-19 and the pandemic are framed within legal analysis before turning to workers’ rights issues.\"},{\"question\":\"What kinds of topics do the included essays cover?\",\"answer\":\"The essays cover country and sector case studies, including workplace health and safety, employment status, wage support, trade union roles, occupational disease, remote work, and safety obligations in health crises.\"}]","Fighting for Lives and Livelihoods - Workers, the Pandemic, and the Law | PDF",1791043846,421]