School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia.
Department of Community Nursing, Preventive Medicine and Public Health and History of Science, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
Am J Ind Med. 2021 Feb;64(2):73-77. doi: 10.1002/ajim.23209. Epub 2020 Dec 23.
Globally, migrant and immigrant workers have borne the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic as essential workers. They might be a Bulgarian worker at a meat processing plant in Germany, a Central American farmworker in the fields of California, or a Filipino worker at an aged-care facility in Australia. What they have in common is they are all essential workers who have worked throughout the coronavirus pandemic and have been infected with coronavirus at work. COVID-19 has highlighted the inequitable working conditions of these workers. In many instances, they are employed precariously, and so are ineligible for sick leave or social security, or COVID-19 special payments. If these are essential workers, they should get at least the same health and safety benefits of all nonessential workers. Improving the working and living conditions of migrant workers can and should be a positive outcome of the coronavirus pandemic.
从全球范围来看，移民和外来务工人员作为基本工人，首当其冲地受到了 COVID-19 大流行的冲击。他们可能是在德国一家肉类加工厂工作的保加利亚人，也可能是在加利福尼亚农田劳作的中美洲农场工人，或者是在澳大利亚养老院工作的菲律宾人。他们的共同点是，他们都是在冠状病毒大流行期间工作的基本工人，并且在工作中感染了冠状病毒。COVID-19 凸显了这些工人不平等的工作条件。在许多情况下，他们的工作不稳定，因此没有资格请病假、享受社会保障或 COVID-19 特别津贴。如果这些是基本工人，他们至少应该享有与所有非基本工人相同的健康和安全福利。改善移民工人的工作和生活条件，可以而且应该成为冠状病毒大流行的一个积极结果。
