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"At night the stores are filthy due to the influx of customers flocking the stores during the day panic buying. The night crews find all kinds of nasty things left on the shelves by customers that they have to touch and remove while wearing no safety gear. Night after night it’s a mad rush to fill up shelves working hundreds if not thousands of cases of freight only for the shelves to still look barren. The entire shift it’s in your mind “what germs did customers leave behind and will I be the one that gets infected with Covid – 19?” Showing up for work every day is like you’re playing a continuous game of Russian Roulette! That mind set causes a lot of stress. The “little things” Little things we used to take for granted like taking a drink of water or going to the bathroom has dramatically changed. Before drinking water, wash your hands first. Before going the bathroom room and after, wash your hands. Touching door handles, everything we did in the past unconsciously you now have to think about to protect yourself. In general grocery stores are a petri dish just waiting for infection to happen and the company is doing no real extra cleaning or sanitizing to protect workers. "For grocery workers working the day shift they have whole other issues to deal with." https://oaklandsocialist.com/2020/03/31/coronavirus-grocery-workers-working-in-a-petri-dish/ -- *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black Jacobins" by C. L. R. James Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
