Walmart sales soared, essential workers got scant protection
by Gracie Todd, Molly Castle Work, Natalie Drum, Nick Mcmillan, Kara Newhouse, Jazmyn Gray, Aneurin Canham Clyne, Jack Rasiel, Sahana Jayaraman And Haley Chi-sing/the Howard Center For Investigative Journalism, The Associated Press
Posted May 12, 2021 12:32 pm EDT
Last Updated May 12, 2021 at 12:44 pm EDT
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) Sandra Kunz had been worried for her safety while working as a cashier at a Walmart in Aurora, Colorado, during the pandemic, said her sister, Paula Spellman.
The 72-year-old had lung disease, Spellman said. She was “uncomfortable because so many people (were) coming in with coughs.”
University of Maryland Shoppers walk out of a Walmart store in Maryland May 4. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has not cited the nation’s largest retailer despite employee complaints, illnesses and deaths at Walmart facilities across the country. The company says there is no proof that employees contracted COVID-19 at work.
Sandra Kunz had been worried for her safety while working as a cashier at a Walmart in Aurora, Colorado, during the pandemic, said her sister, Paula Spellman.
The 72-year-old had lung disease, Spellman said. She was “uncomfortable because so many people (were) coming in with coughs.”
But Kunz didn’t complain to the government agency tasked with protecting workers, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Pennsylvania residents, Miguel Morales, 48, of Quarryville, Jose Morales, 39, of Quarryville, Oscar Carrillo-Perez, 35, of West Grove, and Santiago Garcia-Ramirez, 44, of Landenberg, were arrested and indicted. Morales was indicted for conspiring to transport and transporting undocumented workers and for making false statements. Morales and Urena were charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and failure to collect and pay employment taxes.
Quarryville Business Owner Indicted
Miguel Morales, the business owner of Morales Contractor based in Quarryville, acted as a contractor and provided labor force to many mushroom farms in Chester County. The labor force that Morales provided to many independently-operated farms were undocumented workers. Further, Morales facilitated some of these undocumented workers staying in about ten of the housing facilities that he owned by
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