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1. @darden, parent company of @olivegarden, DOES NOT provide its 170K+ restaurant employees w/paid sick leave (except in 11 states where it's the law)

I talked to @darden staff around the country and heard horror stories about people coming to work sick

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@darden @olivegarden 2. Even as the coronavirus spreads, @darden, which had $8.5 BILLION in revenue last year, and recently awarded its CEO a $15.7 million pay package, continues to make its workers choose between staying home sick and paying their rent

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3. "I remember times when people came in with flu, strep, common colds. Many times people wouldn’t go to the doctor because most of us didn’t have health insurance." -- A former server at @cheddarskitchen in Kentucky, another @darden restaurant chain

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4. " If you couldn't get your shift covered and called in sick, they would typically try to get you to come in anyways, and if you stayed home, you would lose shifts in the future." -- A former server at @olivegarden in Arizona

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5. As coronavirus spreads, @darden is lobbying the Florida legislature to pass a preemption bill that would prevent Florida cities from requiring paid sick leave

It successfully lobbied for a similar law in North Carolina in 2016

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6. The gov't has a central role in the coronavirus response.

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7. Cities that implement mandatory paid sick leave have seen dramatic decreases in flu transmission popular.info/p/free-breadst…
8. It's not a theoretical issue. In 2011, @darden was forced to pay a large settlement after a sick @olivegarden worker allegedly exposed thousands of customers in North Carolina to Hepatitis A

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9. Less than half of all restaurant industry workers have paid sick leave. The policy is particularly egregious at large companies like @darden, which could easily afford to provide it.

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10. UPDATE: About 10 hours after Popular Information's piece on the lack of paid sick leave at @olivegarden and other @darden restaurants published the company has announced it WILL OFFER PAID SICK LEAVE TO ALL 170,000 HOURLY RESTAURANT
EMPLOYEES

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.@kroger is the largest supermarket chain in the US.

It has 453K employees and many receive no sick leave.

Even after 2 employees tested positive for COVID-19, @kroger still won't provide paid sick leave to everyone

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@kroger .@kroger operates supermarkets under its own name and the following brands:

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Employees at these stores may not get paid sick leave

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To stop the spread of the coronavirus, personal responsibility won't be enough. We also need CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY

Last week, I covered the policies of @olivegarden

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1. I've spend the last week talking to a bunch of employees of @Kroger, the largest supermarket chain in the US

It has 453,000 employees.

And many receive NO PAID SICK LEAVE

The company is maintaining policies that put its staff and the public at risk

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@kroger 2. One employee who has worked for @Kroger in the Tennessee region for 20 years and has never been offered paid sick leave. He gets some vacation time but it must be booked in advance so it can't be used for sick leave.

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3. A @Kroger worker in Colorado reports employees get paid sick leave but only after working at the company for a year. Even then they are finally eligible, they are not paid for their first day out.

This is to incentivize workers not to call out sick.

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Let this sink in.

During a worldwide pandemic creating ongoing economic shock Trump ACCIDENTALLY ANNOUNCED A BAN OF CARGO SHIPMENTS FROM EUROPE

This is an absolute circus.

Trump also said that the travel restrictions from Europe go into effect at midnight on Friday. But actually they go into effect at 11:59 PM on Friday.

The policy is dysfunctional but Trump also screwed up this statement is numerous ways. Which is exactly what you don't want.
Trump also didn't make clear that the ban did not apply to US citizens. I immediately texted a friend who is traveling in Europe as I was watching because I figured they needed to make plans to come home immediately.
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