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Bowser urged to declare grocery workers “first responders”

4/3/2020

Following news of the first confirmed COVID-19 cases in several area grocery stores, UFCW Local 400 is urging DC Mayor Bowser to declare grocery workers as “first responders.” The union, which represents thousands of grocery workers at Giant, Shoppers, and Safeway stores in the DMV area, is calling on Mayor Bowser to provide access to free, dedicated testing sites and protective equipment for grocery store, pharmacy, and food processing workers, as has been made available to other first responders in the District. “Our members working on the frontlines of this crisis are exposed to hundreds of customers per day and thousands per week, not to mention their coworkers, families and neighbors,” said UFCW Local 400 president Mark Federici. “We must do everything in our power to ensure these essential personnel are not putting themselves at unnecessary risk or serving as unintentional vectors for the virus. Without adequate testing, there is simply no way to know how widespread their exposure could be. The time to take immediate action is now, now, now!”
UFCW has launched an online action targeting Mayor Bowser and governors from surrounding states.

Tough Teamsters: “It’s a challenge every day”

4/3/2020

Teamsters 639’s 9,000 DC-area members drive for a number of area employers, from freight haulers to UPS. “Some of them are flourishing and some are going to take a hit,” Local 639 president John Gibson told Union City recently when we checked in on how the COVID-19 outbreak is affecting his members. “We also have folks in the casino industry over at MGM, and that's pretty much shut down,” Gibson said. Meanwhile, he said, “out there at Dulles, the planes are not really operating, so obviously that's having a huge impact. On Amtrak, where we have a contract with Aramark, the trains aren't running as much as they were, if at all. And people just aren't traveling. So those industries are being impacted, but some others are not.” As far as the danger of exposure, Gibson says “It’s a challenge every day. These guys go out there knowing that they're susceptible to exposure to this virus, but they do it anyway, practicing safe hygiene procedure and all that, but it is really tough. But our Teamsters are tough. They're out there.”

Solidarity Center Report: Workers Stand Up for Rights in Bangladesh, Ukraine

4/3/2020

In Ukraine, as workers face employer efforts to shortchange their pay, lay them off or take other adverse actions during the COVID-19 crisis, many are turning to Labor Initiatives, a Solidarity Center-supported Ukrainian NGO that provides legal assistance to workers. And in Bangladesh, tens of thousands of garment workers are successfully standing up to employers through their unions to ensure they are paid during plant closures and have proper protective equipment if they must report to work. Find out more at Solidarity Center.

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