A New Deal for Informal Workers
A program of relief, recovery, and reform for informal workers is vital in order to challenge the racial and economic injustices exposed and exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis. This program should start with two fundamental commitments that do not require significant financial resources, but rather a change in mindset.
CAMBRIDGE – In the early 1930s, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced the New Deal in an attempt to combat the effects of the Great Depression. The program had three main pillars: relief (for the unemployed), recovery (of the economy and job creation), and reform (through new regulations and social-welfare programs).