LITTLE ROCK WALMART ARE UPSET
áá CLAIMING A COáWORKER TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVIDá19 BUT
MANAGEMENT WAS SLOW TO REACT.
ONE WHISTLEBLOWER AT THE
CANTRELL LOCATION áá SPOKE TO
OUR SUSAN EL KHOURY áá ABOUT
THEIR CONCERNS.
((SUSAN EL KHOURY)) Working at
home isn't an option for
everyone. That's the case for
a Walmart employee who spoke
to me anonymously saying the
store isn't doing enough to
protect them and their
coworkers. OVER THE PHONE ááá
A WALMART EMPLOYEE SOUNDS THE
ALARMáá WE'VE CHANGED HIS
VOICE TO HIDE HIS IDENTITY.
"Our managers aren't really
listening to us and we don't
have anyone to bring this to
without retaliation." THE MAN
ON THE OTHER END WORKS HERE áá
AT THIS LITTLE ROCK WALMART ON
THE CORNER OF CANTRELL AND
CHENAL. HE SAYS ONE OF HIS
COWORKERS LEFT WORK FEELING
SICK áá NOT REALIZING THEY HAD
COVID 19. One of the assistant
managers came and spoke with
us in a group of people An
associate has tested positive
for coronavirus and that
employee is being quarantined
along with a select few
people." HE CLAIMS THAT
MEETING DIDN'T MEET SOCIAL
DISTANCE GUIDELINESáá AND HE
FEARS THE VIRUS ALREADY HAD
TIME TO SPREAD. "The person
who tested positive was out of
work I believe it was like 3
days prior to them sending the
rest of the people who had
contact with them home."
PRIVACY LAWS MEAN WALMART
CAN'T CONFIRM IF AN EMPLOYEE
HAS THE VIRUSáá BUT THE RETAIL
GIANT SAYS IT'S POLICY TO áá
ONLY WARN STAFF ONCE THERE'S A
POSITIVE TEST. JUST A FEW
CLICKS AWAY áá THIS WEBSITE
SHOWS OFF CHANGES STORES ARE
MAKING á AND A PUSH TO FOLLOW
THE LATEST CDC GUIDELINES.
IT'S SOME OF THOSE RULES FROM
CORPORATE áá THAT THIS
EMPLOYEE SAYS HIS STORE
DOESN'T FOLLOW. We don't have
enough maintenance associates
to clean the stores properly."
CUSTOMERS GOING IN AND OUT
SHOULD BE OKAY áá TO HIM THE
REAL ARE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T HELP
BUT WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER.
"Considering we share so many
spaces with the other
associates it's
nerveáwracking." ((SUSAN EL
KHOURY)) Walmart is
encouraging all its employees
to stay home if they feel
sick. That's actually part of
a policy the company rolled
out over a month ago to try
and keep employees safe. In
Little Rock, Susan El Khoury,
back to you.
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