{"id":28494,"date":"2020-04-09T10:34:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T15:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=28494"},"modified":"2020-04-09T10:53:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T15:53:32","slug":"u-s-postal-service-workers-say-more-can-be-done-to-keep-them-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2020\/04\/09\/u-s-postal-service-workers-say-more-can-be-done-to-keep-them-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Postal Service workers say more can be done to keep them safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 1px solid #e6e6e6;\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cbs8.com\/embeds\/video\/509-486da083-b577-4e35-9f99-d81c36eda376\/iframe\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The U.S. Postal Service told News 8 it is not requiring employees to wear a mask, citing guidance from the Centers for Disease Control.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SAN DIEGO \u2014 A San Diego letter carrier criticized the U.S. Postal Service\u2019s handling of the coronavirus outbreak after a second employee tested positive for the illness.<\/p>\n<p>The postal service said the infected employee worked at the Grantville Post Office and that the risk to others is low.<\/p>\n<p>Another postal worker, who did not want to be identified because they feared retaliation, said they attempted to raise concerns with management and the union that represents workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe six-foot social distancing policy &#8212; they tell us to do it but based on our job we do not do it. We\u2019re in very close proximity to each other every morning and afternoon,\u201d the employee told News 8.<\/p>\n<p>The carrier said he was provided gloves and cleaning supplies, but not a mask, so he initially used his own. This week, the agency began providing them as an option.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Postal Service told News 8 it is not requiring employees to wear a mask, citing guidance from the Centers for Disease Control. Both the CDC and WHO have repeatedly said there is no evidence of coronavirus spreading through the mail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe the risk is low for employees who work at the Grantville Post Office, but we will keep our employees apprised as new information and guidance becomes available,\u201d said the U.S. Postal Service in an emailed statement. Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs8.com\/article\/news\/local\/us-postal-service-worker-says-more-can-be-done-to-keep-them-safe\/509-fd62dcdd-95f1-4f52-ad7e-5c55853bed65\">CBS 8<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28412\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus-and-USPS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus-and-USPS.jpg 478w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus-and-USPS-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus-and-USPS-100x52.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Postal Service told News 8 it is not requiring employees to wear a mask, citing guidance from the Centers for Disease Control. SAN DIEGO \u2014 A San Diego letter carrier criticized the U.S. Postal Service\u2019s handling of the coronavirus outbreak after a second employee tested positive for the illness. The postal service said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking","category-video-gallery","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28495,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28494\/revisions\/28495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}