Thread by @GoodGroceryJobs

UFCW members are first responders in this crisis! We are calling on ALL employers, union and non-union to provide:
- Sanitary stores 🧼
- Increased safety protocols 🦺
- First responder benefits ⛑️
- Paid sick leave 🩺

Here’s exactly what that would entail: (1/5)

Make sure stores are sanitary!
- Reduce hrs open to allow for daily disinfection 🧼
- Provide special hrs for at-risk customers to shop 👵👴
- Regimented cleaning schedule at registers 🛎️
- Closed salad bars 🥗

(2/5)

Increase store safety protocols!
- Provide sanitizer to every worker 🧼
- Schedule regular breaks to wash hands/sanitize
workstations 🤲
- Give gloves to all workers, allow safety masks 😷
- Enforce 6 ft social distance protocols 📏
- Free testing, time off for testing 🩺

(3/5)

Provide grocery workers with first responder benefits!
- Provide emergency pay for all workers 💵
- Pay overtime for anyone who works more than 8 hrs a day, or 40 hours a week 🌇🌆
(4/5)

Provide workers w paid sick leave!
- Provide at least 2 wks paid + emergency long-term leave 🤒
- Allow paid sick leave to be used for childcare during school closures 🐣
- Protect workers from being fired for taking sick leave 🙅‍♀️
- Address understaffing issues at stores 👥
5/5