Coronavirus US live: Trump to speak on Fox after deaths in America climb past 2,500
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Before Trump gets on the phone, Fox & Friends is interviewing Guy Fieri, a celebrity chef, about his efforts to support the restaurant industry and those who work in it, all hit horribly hard by the coronavirus shutdown.
There’s more about his grants programme, run with the National Restaurant Association, here. Trump is now trailed for 8am, top of the hour, two minutes from now.
Trump’s due imminently. Meanwhile, worrying news for New Yorkers and others dependent on online shopping and delivery as the outbreak paralyses their city: multiple outlets are reporting that workers at Amazon’s massive facility on Staten Island will stage a walkout today, over inadequate coronavirus protection measures at a warehouse where an employee has tested positive.
This is from the New York Post:
Some 200 employees are expected to walk out at around 12.30pm in protest of Amazon’s decision to keep the Bloomfield warehouse open for business as usual.
“We want the business closed down and sanitized before we return,” said Chris Smalls, a management assistant at the facility who is leading the walkout.
The strike, which is being called for by Instacart shoppers and a newly formed non-profit called Gig Workers Collective, has a list of demands including providing workers with safety items including hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes, and sprays, hazard pay, and an expansion of its coronavirus pay to include those with underlying health conditions.
The workers specified in a Medium post that they wanted an extra $5 per order and a default tip of at least 10% of the order total.
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