<story><title>Whole Foods employees are staging a nationwide &apos;sick-out&apos;</title><url>https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5dmeka/whole-foods-employees-are-staging-a-nationwide-sick-out</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nn35</author><text>&lt;i&gt;-Immediate shutdown of any location where a worker tests positive for COVID-19.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;This seems likely to shut down the majority of Whole Foods stores in short order. An unreasonable request, IMO. Grocery stores are genuinely essential to society and the death rate for &amp;lt; 40yo is very small. Put some masks on them and keep working.&lt;p&gt;I do think high-risk employees should basically be allowed to stay home, though.</text></item><item><author>elicash</author><text>Here&amp;#x27;s what they&amp;#x27;re asking for:
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.coworker.org&amp;#x2F;petitions&amp;#x2F;global-retail-worker-sick-out&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.coworker.org&amp;#x2F;petitions&amp;#x2F;global-retail-worker-sick...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;-Guaranteed paid leave for all workers who isolate or self-quarantine instead of coming to work.&lt;p&gt;-Reinstatement of health care coverage for part-time and seasonal workers.&lt;p&gt;-Increased FSA funds to cover coronavirus testing and treatment for all team members, including part-time and seasonal.&lt;p&gt;-Guaranteed hazard pay in the form of double pay during our scheduled hours.&lt;p&gt;-Implementation of new policies that can facilitate social distancing between workers and customers.&lt;p&gt;-Commitment to ensuring that all locations have adequate sanitation equipment and procedures in place.&lt;p&gt;-Immediate shutdown of any location where a worker tests positive for COVID-19. In such an event, all workers should continue to receive full pay until the store can safely reopen.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>elicash</author><text>I&amp;#x27;d bet that if Amazon agreed to all demands but that one that the workers who organized this would be ECSTATIC.&lt;p&gt;There should be negotiation, back-and-forth. What&amp;#x27;s frustrating, as somebody not affiliated with the organizing here but has been in similar circumstances, is when the company won&amp;#x27;t even come to the table to bargain.</text></comment>
<story><title>Whole Foods employees are staging a nationwide &apos;sick-out&apos;</title><url>https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5dmeka/whole-foods-employees-are-staging-a-nationwide-sick-out</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nn35</author><text>&lt;i&gt;-Immediate shutdown of any location where a worker tests positive for COVID-19.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;This seems likely to shut down the majority of Whole Foods stores in short order. An unreasonable request, IMO. Grocery stores are genuinely essential to society and the death rate for &amp;lt; 40yo is very small. Put some masks on them and keep working.&lt;p&gt;I do think high-risk employees should basically be allowed to stay home, though.</text></item><item><author>elicash</author><text>Here&amp;#x27;s what they&amp;#x27;re asking for:
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.coworker.org&amp;#x2F;petitions&amp;#x2F;global-retail-worker-sick-out&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.coworker.org&amp;#x2F;petitions&amp;#x2F;global-retail-worker-sick...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;-Guaranteed paid leave for all workers who isolate or self-quarantine instead of coming to work.&lt;p&gt;-Reinstatement of health care coverage for part-time and seasonal workers.&lt;p&gt;-Increased FSA funds to cover coronavirus testing and treatment for all team members, including part-time and seasonal.&lt;p&gt;-Guaranteed hazard pay in the form of double pay during our scheduled hours.&lt;p&gt;-Implementation of new policies that can facilitate social distancing between workers and customers.&lt;p&gt;-Commitment to ensuring that all locations have adequate sanitation equipment and procedures in place.&lt;p&gt;-Immediate shutdown of any location where a worker tests positive for COVID-19. In such an event, all workers should continue to receive full pay until the store can safely reopen.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rocha</author><text>Hospitalization rate is hovering between 10% and 20%&lt;p&gt;Edit: source &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;covidtracking.com&amp;#x2F;data&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;covidtracking.com&amp;#x2F;data&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>