(CBS4) — 4/3/20 – While the CDC says there is no evidence that COVID-19 can spread through the mail, a Colorado postal worker says the U.S. Postal Service isn’t doing enough to protect it’s workers from the virus.
“My intention is not to make the post office look bad,” says Stefan Geisler, a mail carrier in Greenwood Village. He is sounding an alarm about what he calls a volatile situation at post offices across the country. He says employees are being forced to work in “beehive like” conditions that put them at high risk of COVID-19.
“We’re about 40-50 people at Greenwood Village, so you’ve got 40-50 people buzzing around. If I have asymptomatic clerk, carrier or manager come in, in that beehive time I’m in a prime situation where I can infect and spread to everyone in the office.”
Geisler filed a complaint with the Postal Service this week accusing it of negligence.
“I said, ‘We need to reduce business bulk mail, we need distancing, we need staggering.’”
While mail delivery is deemed essential business, Geisler says bulk mail doesn’t qualify. He says the postal service is putting profits ahead of protection. Read more
In my career, the USPS and NALC did not give a damn about our working conditions one bit. We went through the anthrax scare and SARS with no protective measures at all. Trust me, they do not care about you. When you retire, you are simply a number on a sheet of paper that gets a certain amount of money every month. They do not put names to faces. Now that you are considered a “whistle blower”, they will treat you even worse. If you get Covid-19 and die, they will replace you the very next day. The people in charge (who couldn’t do your job) will simply laugh at you. This organization is as heartless as it gets. Don’t be afraid to use your sick leave, you earned it, now go use it. Get a doctor’s note and use even more.