“If they were going to die, I was going to die with them”

Union organizers had to quickly adapt once the pandemic hit. Their work didn’t simply disappear because face-to-face contact did . In fact, organizers got more calls from workers who were facing worse conditions during the pandemic and wanted the help of a union.

TAKING IT TO THE STREETS has a whole new meaning in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) of Vancouver these days. Teams of dedicated health care professionals are out in the streets taking the COVID-19 vaccine to the most vulnerable in the city. The results are impressive.