How Essential Workers Are Fighting For Safer Grocery Stores
Amidst a wave of violence in grocery stores and pharmacies, retail workers are demanding greater safety measures.
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Amidst a wave of violence in grocery stores and pharmacies, retail workers are demanding greater safety measures.
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Over the last year, food and agriculture workers have been disproportionately exposed to COVID-19. Until recently, they've been without access to a vaccine. "It's been a nightmare. Folks liken it to being in a war where you are a soldier on the front line, and you didn't know that you signed up to be one," said Rachel Torres, UFCW 770's deputy political and civil rights director. Torres described an uphill battle to push for proper protection, testing, and hazard pay. This month will be a big turning point, said Torres. L.A. County is now expanding its COVID-19 vaccine e...