{"id":1998,"date":"2020-07-14T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T06:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uniontrack.com\/blog\/?p=1998"},"modified":"2020-07-13T15:13:42","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T15:13:42","slug":"covid-19-digital-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/covid-19-digital-toolkit","title":{"rendered":"Unions, You Can Build a COVID-19 Digital Toolkit for Your Members. Here\u2019s How."},"content":{"rendered":"

Ken Green
\nCEO\/Founder
\nUnionTrack<\/a><\/p>\n

As the American economy re-opens, even workers who have been furloughed or laid off have concerns about returning to work. After all, there are few precedents for bouncing back to work after a global health crisis, leaving employers and employees to figure it out as they go.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why it\u2019s so important for workers to be as informed as possible as they return to the workplace.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But with so much information about COVID-19 circulating \u2014 much of it conflicting \u2014 people are searching for sources of information that they can trust. Unions can be that trustworthy resource for their members by providing accurate, up-to-date information from the primary authorities on the COVID-19 crisis.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis simple act of disseminating reliable information is helpful to workers who want to know how to keep themselves and others safe,\u201d write Terri Gerstein and Jane Flanagan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Building a digital toolkit to share updates is one of the most effective ways to keep members informed through the rest of the shutdown and as they start back at work. That toolkit should include the following elements.<\/p>\n

The Latest Developments Regarding the Virus<\/h2>\n

COVID-19 is in the news constantly, but a pandemic is a hard story for the news to personalize. Unions can do this work for their members by curating relevant news.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some unions, such as the International Brotherhood of Teamsters<\/a>, offer almost daily news updates. Others, like the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 105<\/a> and the Transport Workers Union of America<\/a> (TWU) put together targeted guides for members in different industries. The AFL-CIO<\/a> also has resources broken down by industry to help affiliate unions and members find information most relevant to them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In your digital toolkits, it will be helpful to have links directly to primary information sources such as\u00a0<\/p>\n