Businesses are touting their cleanliness to lure customers back. Many of the people hired to do the cleaning say they’re not given enough time or resources to keep others – or themselves – safe from the spread of the coronavirus. nyti.ms/3hbJSYe
As Americans navigate whether and how to report to work, shop, eat out, travel and educate children, it’s almost impossible to tell how frequently or thoroughly anything is cleaned nyti.ms/3hbJSYe 
In the American workplace, janitors are often treated as a labor cost to be contracted out for the lowest possible price. Many of the country’s more than 2 million custodians do their work at night, unseen, for minimum wage. nyti.ms/39dOomf
Interviews with dozens of workers, employers, cleaning company executives and union officials, as well as a review of records from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, reveal glaring problems nyti.ms/39dOomf
Many contract cleaners described their Covid-19 nightmare: being expected to clean a space where someone infected had been, and not being made aware of it. nyti.ms/39dOomf
As the coronavirus continues to spike in many places around the U.S., and businesses weigh the risks of reopening, @jodikantor talks to those working to keep workplaces clean and others safe. nyti.ms/39dOomf
