Grocery store workers want to see an end to careless customers, asking that everyone wear a mask and stay 6 feet apart to stop the spread of the virus.
FOOD AND OTHER ESSENTIALS.
BUTTODAY GROCERY STORE WORKERSARE TALKING ABOUT THECHALLENGES THEY FACE...AND THEFEARS THEY HAVE ABOUT GETTINGEXPOSED.
WMA━2 NEWS ABBYISAACS EXPLAINS WHAT THEY AREASKING FOR, TO KEEP GROCERYSTORES AND WORKERS SAFE DURINGTHE PANDEMIC.úúLOOK LIV━ AT LEAST 30MEMBERS OF THE NATIONS LARGESTFOOD AND RETAIL UNION HAVEDIED BECAUSE OF COVI━19 ANDNEARLY 3,000 OTHERS ARE NOLONGER AT WORK BECAUSE THEYHAVE BEEN EXPOSED.
I SPOKE TOA MARYLAND SAFEWAY WORKER OVERTHE PHONE, WHO IS WORRIEDEVERY DAY FOR HER SAFETY.JAN━ This is real for us.
Itmay sound strange to say butwe are on the front linesevery day.
JANE ST.
LOUIS HASWORKED AT THE SAFEWAY INDAMASCUS FOR 27 YEARS& SHESAYS THIS PANDEMIC CHANGEDEVERYTHING.
JAN━ We areseeing more customers thanever before.
Traffic has neverbeen higher and that scares uswhen some customers donwhateveryone safe.
SHE SAID ONE OFTHE BIGGEST PROBLEMS ISCUSTOMERS NOT WEARING MASKS ORPRACTICING SAFE SOCIALDISTANCING CAUSING ANXIETY ANDFEAR AMONG HER C━WORKERS.JAN━We worry about yourhealth and we also worry aboutthe health of other familiestoo UFCW InternationalPresident Marc Perrone &Therecustomers and Icareless customers areprobably the biggest threatthat we have right now THEPRESIDENT OF THE UNITED FOODAND COMMERCIAL WORKERSINTERNATIONAL UNION IS CALLINGFOR SEVERAL CHANGES TO PROTECTCUSTOMERS AND WORKERS.
MAR━ Ihonestly believe that someoneneeds to step up to the plateand say if youto a food store, then put amask on and put on gloves INADDITION TO MANDATORYGUIDELINES, HE WANTS TO SEEGROCERY WORKERS DESIGNATED ASFIRST RESPONDERS TO ENSURETHEY HAVE ACCESS TO TESTINGAND PERSONAL PROTECTIVEEQUIPMENT.
MAR━ Grocery andfood workers lack PPE eitherbecause the employers canfind it or because theemployers have refused topurchase enough of it.
SEVERALCHAINS, INCLUDING SAFEWAY ANDKROGER, TOOK AGGRESSIVE STEPS,INCLUDING SHORTENING STOREHOURS TO PROVIDE MORE TIME FORCLEANING AND RESTOCKING,INSTALLING PLEXIGLASSPARTITIONS AT CHECK OUT LANESAND ADDING FLOOR DECALS TOPROMOTE SOCIAL DISTANCING.
THEUFCW WANTS THESE STEPS TAKENINDUSTR━ WIDE AS THE SPREADOF COVI━19 CONTINUES.
JAN━We canstores shutting down or worksbecoming too sick to workLOOKLIV━ THE OTHER ISSUESTHEY WANT TO SEE ADDRESSEDHAVE TO DO WITH PAY..
PAYINGWORKERS WHO ARE HOME SICK ANDHAZARD PAY FOR THOSE STILLWORKING.
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