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Amazon, Instacart grocery workers protest the lack of safe working conditions
Grocery store workers nationwide are protesting this week, citing unsafe work conditions. Four workers at LA grocery stores have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, including an employee at Costco in Marina Del Rey.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readGrocery store workers nationwide are protesting this week, citing unsafe work conditions. Four workers at LA grocery stores have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, including an employee at Costco in Marina Del Rey. It’s one of eight locations nationwide where workers have tested positive. Grocery store workers are considered essential employees during the outbreak, but what happens if they get sick?
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
Nitasha Tiku
tech culture reporter for Washington Post
Brianna Sacks
climate change and natural disasters reporter for The Washington Post
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2 of 4Mayor Garcetti on COVID-19 vaccine, return to ‘normalcy’- 0:00Mayor Garcetti on when LA might return to ‘normalcy’ and have a COVID-19 vaccine
- 17:02Amazon, Instacart grocery workers protest the lack of safe working conditionsYou’re reading this
- 27:18Ending coronavirus pandemic is global game of whack-a-mole, says Atlantic science writer
- 38:02Songwriting while quarantined with LA musician Mondo Cozmo