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Truck drivers express concerns about COVID-19

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Truck drivers express concerns about COVID-19
Truck drivers express concerns about COVID-19

Around 300 employees from an international trucking company have been placed on pandemic sick leave due to the coronavirus.

YOU K-S-H-B".SOME 300 EMPLOYEESFROM AN INTERNATIONALTRUCKING COMPANY HAVEBEEN PLACED ONPANDEMIC SICK LEAVE DUETO CORONAVIRUS.THAT WORD COMES FROMA SPOKESMAN FOR X-P-OLOGISTICS WHICH HAS AFACILITY IN K-C-K.41 ACTION NEWSINVESTIGATOR ANDYALCOCK HAS NEWINFORMATION TIED TO ASTORY WE FIRSTBROUGHT YOU FRIDAY.SINCE WE TOLD YOUABOUT COMPLAINTS FROMWORKERS AT THATFACILITY, WE'VE HEARDFROM XPO TRUCKERSACROSS THE COUNTRYWITH SIMILARCOMPLAINTS.TODAY -- WE SPOKE WITHA DRIVER FROMPENNSYLVANIA.XPO LOGISTICS IS ANINTERNATIONAL COMPANYEMPLOYING 50-THOUSANDPEOPLE IN THE U-S AND100-THOUSAND WORLD-WIDE.AFTER EMPLOYEES AT THEKCK FACILITY COMPLAINEDOF A CONSISTENT LACK OFCLEANING SUPPLIES, WEHEARD FROM APHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA TRUCKER.HE DID NOT WANT TO BEIDENTIFIED FOR FEAR OFLOSING HIS JOB."SOME TERMINALS, SOMELOCATIONS, THERE'SLITERALLY NOTHING TOWIPE FORKLIFTS DOWNWITH, NOTHING TO CLEANTO WIPE DOWN TRUCKSWITH."BOB JOSEPHSON/XPOLOGISTICS SPOKESMAN"WE'RE COMPETING FORSUPPLIES JUST LIKEEVERYONE ELSE IN THEINDUSTRY AND ACROSSMULTIPLE SECTORS OFTHE ECONOMY RIGHTNOW."XPO SPOKESMAN BOBJOSEPHSON SAYS THECOMPANY IS ORDERINGTHOUSANDS OF GALLONSOF HAND SANITIZER ANDTHOUSANDS OF GLOVESAND MASKS.BOB JOSEPHSON/XPOLOGISTICS SPOKESMAN"OUR COLLEAGUES WHOARE ON THE FRONT LINES,TRUCK DRIVERS AND MANYOTHERS, THEIR SAFETY ISOUR NUMBER ONEPRIORITY."BUT IT'S NOT JUST THEPENNSYLVANIA TRUCKDRIVER OR THE KCKEMPLOYEES.AN XPO EMPLOYEE INALBANY, GEORGIAEMAILED US SAYING, "WEDO NOT HAVE THE PROPERPPE.

WE'RE BEING TOLDEACH DAY THAT IT'SCOMING AND TO BEPATIENT, BUT WE'REFORCED TO COME TOWORK".AND FROM THISEMPLOYEE, "I'M INCALIFORNIA, NO MASKS,NO SOCIAL DISTANCE, NOCARE AT ALL, SICKEMPLOYEES KEPT QUIET".FROM A ST.

LOUIS XPOEMPLOYEE, "WE HAVE NOPPE.

I HAVE NO HANSANITIZER.

I DID GET SOMEWIPES FROM A CUSTOMERTHANK GOD".A PENNSYLVANIANEWSPAPER ISREPORTING AN APPARENTEMPLOYEE WALK OUT ATAN XPO OPERATED FOODPACKING PLANT INPALMYRA OVERCORONAVIRUS CONCERNS."DO YOU THINK THECOMPANY IS ADEQUATELYPROTECTING THEDRIVERS, NO ABSOLUTELYNOT."THE DRIVER CLAIMS THEXPO HAS TEMPORARILYSHUT DOWN AT LEAST SIXFACILITIES HE KNOWS DUETO POSITIVECORONAVIRUS TESTS.JOSEPHSON CONFIRMSTHE COMPANY HAS DONEIT, BUT DIDN'T CONFIRMHOW MANY TIMES ORWHERE OTHER THAN KCK.HE PROVIDED VIDEO OFTHOROUGH SANITIZINGWHICH HE SAYS TYPICALLYTAKES ABOUT A DAY.BUT EMPLOYEES SAY ITMAY BE TOO LITTLE TOOLATE.THIS SOCIAL MEDIAPOSTER NOTES ANEMPLOYEE WAS SICK ON AFRIDAY AND WASN'TCONFIRMED POSITIVE FORCOVID-19 UNTIL 9 DAYSLATER.THEN THE CLEANING TOOKPLACE.OUR SOURCE SAYSDRIVERS AREN'T BEINGTOLD WHEN SOMEONEHAS SYMPTOMSWE SHOULD POINT, IT'SFAR FROM JUST X-P-OLOGISTICS FACING THISISSUE.A LETTER TO PRESIDENTTRUMP FRIDAY FROM THEOWNER-OPERATORINDEPENDENT DRIVERS'ASSOCIATION HAD "HELP-MAYDAY 9-1-1" IN BIG BOLDTYPE AT THE TOP BECAUSETRUCKERS DON'T HAVETHE PPE THEY NEED.THE LETTER CLAIMS, AS ARESULT, THE NATION'SENTIRE SUPPLY CHAIN ISAT RISK.I'M INVESTIGATOR ANDYALCOCK, 41 ACTION NEWS

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