Focus: Food Service

St. Louis hospital workers demand hazard pay after cafeteria staffers test positive for COVID-19

The workers are also demanding proper PPE


Saint Louis University Hospital workers are demanding hazard pay after three cafeteria staff tested positive for COVID-19, according to an article on the KMOV website.

The workers are employees of Sodexo, which is contracted through SLU Hospital.

Sodexo has refused hazard pay and testing for the novel coronavirus despite the positive cases in employees who work in close quarters.

The workers are also demanding proper PPE.

Read the article.

 

 



July 23, 2020


Topic Area: Food Service


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