Instacart Is Quietly Informing Shoppers That They May Have Been Exposed to COVID -19
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Gig Workers Collective
Mar 31 · 4 min read
Late last night (Monday, March 30), an In-Store Shopper in the Cambridge, MA area shared with us an email they received from Instacart corporate —probably the last email anyone would want to see at this point in time:
Instacart’s email sent to an In-Store Shopper, as provided to Gig Workers Collective
As Instacart spent Monday discrediting our workers’ strike, downplaying the requests we and thousands of other Shoppers and customers were making, they were also busy informing their workers that they may have been working alongside a confirmed case of COVID-19 at a store in Cambridge.
This is the exact worst-case scenario we wrote about when giving our reasons for a strike. In-Store and Full-Service Shoppers work in close quarters with each other and with other people in stores. The virus is confirmed to be present in at least one of these workplaces now. These Shoppers handle produce, groceries and supplies that are then delivered to Instacart customers. Often many hundreds of customers per day. Without adequate measures, Instacart Full-Service Shoppers and In-Store Shoppers can unknowingly become vectors for the disease and multiply the danger for everyone involved.
Given the unprecedented nature of the virus and its rate of spread, some might say it would only be a matter of time before Instacart and companies like it would have to face this scenario. But given their insistence on dragging their heels in regards to protections, sick leave, hazard pay and so on, it would not be hyperbolic to say that Instacart corporate, through its arrogance, may ultimately be responsible for exposing more people to COVID-19 than necessary. And given the difficulties in being tested in the US, it is impossible to know whether what is happening in Cambridge is happening elsewhere, too.
https://medium.com/@GigWorkersCollective/exactly-what-we-said-would-happen-instacart-is-quietly-informing-shoppers-that-they-may-have-been-457f6f4570ee
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