Before Vinny Alvarez began his response Jan. 13 to a question about what the city labor movement was hoping for when Joe Biden became President a week later, he felt compelled to mention, "You know, 4,400 people died of COVID yesterday."
It was a reminder that there were reasons—besides Donald Trump being the most anti-labor President the U.S. has had in more than 30 years and someone who a week earlier had incited a mob to attempt a coup against the rest of the U.S. Government—to be holding his breath until the 45th President finally left the White House. By the time the head of the AFL-CIO New York City Central Labor Council was being interviewed that morning, more than 381,000 Americans had died of the coronavirus.
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