Grocery, food processing, and all health care and nursing home care should be included in the high risk category. At UFCW Local 400, we have had at least 164 members in those industries contract COVID-19 and two have died in Virginia. Until there is a vaccine, interacting in close proximity with the public and co-workers means we are high risk!
In grocery stores, customers should be required to wear masks along with employees. When we wear masks it protects customers, they should wear masks to protect us!
In food and meat processing facilities, line speeds should be slowed to allow for social distancing. When we are on the line for hours at a time, plastic barriers are not enough!
