New York throws a parade -- and essential workers say Fuhgettaboutit!
New York City threw essential workers a ticker tape parade along the canyon of heroes last week. And somehow, Gotham''s gilded oligarchs were spared the unsavory sight of marchers in matching "I Saved Your Asses From COVID-19 And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt" gear. Exhausted healthcare workers along with their counterparts in children''s services, transportation, retail and other frontline sectors appeared too giddy about surviving the one-time epicenter of Covid and putting the worst of the ongoing pandemic behind them to pass up a well-deserved shot at the biggest block party NYC has to offer. Marching together, workers knew they deserved all the accolades the tired town could muster. Yet even this most forgiving atmosphere where heaps of blue and orange confetti were periodically blasted from the backs of municipal pickup trucks couldn''t obscure the level of worker resentment and anger roiling just beneath the highly produced pomp and pageantry. Parade placards declaring, "Not All Heroes Wear Capes" and "Our Labor Saved Lives" carried an edge.
New York throws a parade -- and essential workers say Fuhgettaboutit!
New York City threw essential workers a ticker tape parade along the canyon of heroes last week. And somehow, Gotham''s gilded oligarchs were spared the unsavory sight of marchers in matching "I Saved Your Asses From COVID-19 And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt" gear. Exhausted healthcare workers along with their counterparts in children''s services, transportation, retail and other frontline sectors appeared too giddy about surviving the one-time epicenter of Covid and putting the worst of the ongoing pandemic behind them to pass up a well-deserved shot at the biggest block party NYC has to offer. Marching together, workers knew they deserved all the accolades the tired town could muster. Yet even this most forgiving atmosphere where heaps of blue and orange confetti were periodically blasted from the backs of municipal pickup trucks couldn''t obscure the level of worker resentment and anger roiling just beneath the highly produced pomp and pageantry. Parade placards declaring, "Not All Heroes Wear Capes" and "Our Labor Saved Lives" carried an edge.