CDC – Food & Drug Conference

CDC Mask Change Not Enough to Stop COVID Delta Surge, National Mask Mandate Needed to Protect Essential Workers Still on Frontlines of Pandemic

Source: UFCW Today, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), the union for 1.3 million food and retail workers, welcomed a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) mask policy recommending that vaccinated and unvaccinated Americans resume wearing masks indoors in high-transmission states and if they have vulnerable people in their household such [...]

richie2021-07-27T22:23:59-07:00July 27th, 2021|Tags: CDC, COVID-19, mask mandates, ufcw|

For Many Workers, Change in Mask Policy Is a Nightmare

By Noam Scheiber Source: The New York Times The Kroger supermarket in Yorktown, Va., is in a county where mask wearing can be casual at best. Yet for months, the store urged patrons to cover their noses and mouths, and almost everyone complied. “People don’t like to wear masks here,” [...]

richie2021-07-01T16:15:27-07:00July 1st, 2021|Tags: CDC, COVID-19, Kroger, mask guidance|

‘The no mask policy is already giving me anxiety’: 4 retail workers on changing mask regulations

By Gabriela Barkho Source: Modern Retail Last month, the CDC announced the loosening of its mask guidance, saying people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus don’t need to wear a mask indoors unless local laws and regulations demanded it. It’s led to increasing confusion — and more difficult retail [...]

richie2021-06-21T21:05:29-07:00June 21st, 2021|Tags: CDC, COVID-19, mask policies|

The CDC’s new mask guidance is confusing for frontline retail workers and turns them into the ‘vaccination police,’ a leading union says

By Grace Dean Source: Business Insider The largest private-sector union in the country has slammed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new mask guidance for vaccinated people, saying that the rules are "confusing" and could make frontline retail and grocery workers the "vaccination police." The CDC announced much looser [...]

richie2021-05-18T16:03:21-07:00May 18th, 2021|Tags: CDC, COVID-19, mask guidance|