All over the world, when countries shut down, we remain on the job. Our customers need food and supplies, but right now many of us feel unsafe continuing to go to workplaces that are too crowded, understaffed, and not being adequately sanitized.
Our community is with us, and we are calling on our employers and government to act immediately to protect grocery store workers and the public:
Enforce limits on crowding, adherence to social distancing guidelines, enhanced sanitization, and all other necessary public health measures inside grocery stores.
Designate grocery store workers as emergency responders for the purpose of accessing support services, such as childcare, that will allow them to stay on the job.
Provide adequate leave and health care benefit protections for grocery store workers who are directed to quarantine or diagnosed with Covid-19. READ ON
We are the Union. The members of UFCW 3000 are over 50,000 members working in grocery, retail, health care, meat packing, cannabis, & other industries across Washington state, north-east Oregon, and northern Idaho. UFCW 3000 is a chartered member of UFCW International with over 1.4 million workers in North America.
To build a powerful Union that fights for economic, political and social justice in our workplaces and in our communities.
