Some Whole Foods employees are calling in sick Tuesday to protest what they say is a lack of protections from the coronavirus.
A group of Whole Foods employees across the country called in sick Tuesday in an effort to press the Amazon.com Inc.-owned grocery chain to provide more safety protections and higher pay for those in jobs with a higher potential exposure to the coronavirus.
This month, after an employee at a Whole Foods in Huntington Beach tested positive for the virus, the company said it didOne of the sick-out organizers, who works at a store in Orange County, said that wasn’t enough. It’s unclear how widespread participation in the Whole Foods sick-out has been. An employee at the Whole Foods on 3rd Street and Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles who participated in the sick-out and also declined to be named said three co-workers told him they planned on calling in sick. He says he is not sure if they followed through.
The Fairfax location has been slow to implement safety measures, he said. Too many customers were allowed to enter the store at one time, and tape placed on the floor to help customers maintain proper spacing in the checkout line blends into the floor. Crowd control has improved slightly in the last few days, however, he said.
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