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UPS drivers say company's coronavirus precautions may not keep them or customers safe
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/deliveries-soar-ups-drivers-say-company-s-coronavirus-precautions-may-n1164046
“I got 160 stops, 300 packages,” one UPS driver said. “I deliver to doctors’ offices, urgent cares. The potential for bad things to happen is crazy.”
March 20, 2020, 9:59 AM EDT
By Kenzi Abou-Sabe and Adiel Kaplan
Deliveries are soaring during the coronavirus pandemic as Americans stay home from work and school, but 12 UPS drivers in nine states tell NBC News they don’t think their company has done enough to protect workers or the millions of customers they serve.
UPS has told drivers across the country not to share their hand-held devices with customers when making signature deliveries, and drivers in California, Wisconsin, Michigan and Washington said their daily morning meetings had been canceled since Monday to avoid forming crowds.
But drivers in all nine states said UPS hadn’t provided any protective gear to workers in their areas — no gloves or masks — or instituted “no contact” deliveries. They would also like the company to supply them with hand sanitizer, but UPS has instead advised frequent hand washing, which drivers said isn’t particularly feasible on their routes.
The drivers spoke on the condition of anonymity, due to fears about losing their jobs.
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“I got 160 stops, 300 packages,” one UPS driver said. “I deliver to doctors’ offices, urgent cares. The potential for bad things to happen is crazy.”
March 20, 2020, 9:59 AM EDT
By Kenzi Abou-Sabe and Adiel Kaplan
Deliveries are soaring during the coronavirus pandemic as Americans stay home from work and school, but 12 UPS drivers in nine states tell NBC News they don’t think their company has done enough to protect workers or the millions of customers they serve.
UPS has told drivers across the country not to share their hand-held devices with customers when making signature deliveries, and drivers in California, Wisconsin, Michigan and Washington said their daily morning meetings had been canceled since Monday to avoid forming crowds.
But drivers in all nine states said UPS hadn’t provided any protective gear to workers in their areas — no gloves or masks — or instituted “no contact” deliveries. They would also like the company to supply them with hand sanitizer, but UPS has instead advised frequent hand washing, which drivers said isn’t particularly feasible on their routes.
The drivers spoke on the condition of anonymity, due to fears about losing their jobs.
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Not here yet. It's the liquid kind and it's 70 out. Lysol to hell out of it?
