Bus drivers weren’t really recognised as key workers until then. Key workers gave everything, even in some cases their lives, to helping Britain through the pandemic. This week I’ve been speaking to supermarket staff, bus drivers, teachers, social workers and Jobcentre staff about their, often harrowing, experiences of the pandemic. “It’s disgusting and insulting not to recognise the skill and dedication we’ve seen from key workers, from delivery firms to those delivering our public services. “There are so many key workers dependent on the National Minimum Wage.

Source: Daily Mirror September 10, 2020 19:34 UTC