Spectrum Employees Are Getting Sick Amid Debate Over Working From Home
Spectrum has further revised its policy on working remotely since then, said Ms. Blanchard, the company spokeswoman, so that a “significant majority” of office and call center employees are now doing their jobs from home. As of Monday, nearly 8,000 people had signed a petition on the website Change.org demanding that more Spectrum employees be allowed to work from home.
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Costco, Kroger rationing meat amid coronavirus shortage fears
Costco, Kroger and other grocery stores are rationing the amount of meat customers can buy at one time as processing at U.S. meat plants has slowed down or stopped completely because of the coronavirus. Costco, a chain known for letting customers buy in bulk, is limiting purchases to three items per member of beef, pork and poultry products. Food Lion has limited meat purchases since mid-April, a spokesperson told FOX
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The debate over a post office bailout
Congress has generally opposed the bailout for Postal services, pushing the postal service to instead find new sources of revenue such as its parcel delivery business in which it competes with UPS, Federal Express, and other private companies. Raising prices without making any other operational changes could lead to Amazon looking elsewhere for delivery services, which would leave the post office in even more desperate financial circumstances.
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Amazon has finally started to take measures against the coronavirus in its warehouses
E-commerce giant, Amazon, has announced that it will be making regular temperature checks and will be providing free face masks to its employees that work in its warehouses. This announcement is coming after employees in numerous locations complained/ protested regarding the unsafe working conditions in these warehouses. Amazon will also likely be hiring many more workers due to increased demand.
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Crocs to provide free shoes to healthcare workers during the epidemic
Crocs has said that all healthcare workers can get a free pair of shoes from their website to help them combat the coronavirus. A number of healthcare workers had asked crocs to launch this initiative as their shoes are comfortable and very easy to clean. The company is ready to ship 10,000 shoes per day.
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