Labor unions that serve teachers, firefighters, police and other public employees in Utah will no longer be able to negotiate on behalf of their workers under a bill that has received final legislative approval.

As Utah's number of COVID-19 cases climbed rapidly last week a state senator there told constituents “the economic consequences of this health crisis may create more suffering and devastation than the health crisis itself,” an email of the communication shows. State Senator Kirk Cullimore, a Republican from Utah’s 9th district which oversees Salt Lake County, wrote to voters Friday that he is encouraging people to take “reasonable precautions,” yet never stated what those precautions would be. There are currently over 30,000 cases of coronavirus in the U.S. Andrew Cuomo, whose state has become the epicenter of the crisis in America, ordered all residents in his state to remain at home unless absolutely necessary. RELATED STORIESSenators Under Fire for Dumping Stocks Ahead of Coronavirus PandemicA Look at the Eight Senators Who Voted Against the Coronavirus Relief BillCelebrities Confirmed to Have the Coronavirus