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Government's ‘laissez-faire’ attitude to pandemic is putting workers at risk, sick workers say
Labour demanded last night that the Tories put measures in place to protect retail workers, enforce social distancing, ration products and change opening hours in all major supermarkets
A shortage of toilet rolls on the shelves at a Sainsbury's store
A SUPERMARKET worker from Hertfordshire who has contracted coronavirus has put the blame squarely on the government’s failure to enforce proper protection for retail staff.
The worker — a rep for shopworkers’ union Usdaw, who preferred not to be named — told the Morning Star she had been off sick since waking up on Thursday with a dry cough and chest pains.
Slamming ministers’ “laissez-faire” attitude, she pointed out that few measures had been put in place to ensure that workers are protected.
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