The United Food and Commercial Workers union fears the relaxed guidelines will create more uncertainty for grocery workers.
But a union representing hundreds of thousands of grocery store workers isn’t celebrating. The president of the United Food and Commercial Workers union warned that the relaxed protocols were unfair to store clerks and cashiers who have no way of knowing who’s vaccinated and who’s not.
Federal officials are hoping the policy change will encourage more Americans to get vaccinated with the reward being a return to more normal life. But the union said the CDC failed to consider how the guidance would impact essential workers before making the surprise announcement on Thursday. Perrone called on the agency to offer more clarity on “how this new policy will be implemented.
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