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Ptah

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3. Local union calls for UPS distribution closure amid possible COVID-19 outbreak

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Sat May 23, 2020, 07:16 AM

May 2020

TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Teamsters 104 union officials are calling for the UPS distribution center in Tucson to shut down its operations to deal with what it calls a “serious” Covod-19 outbreak at the facility.

“I really want them to shut down the building down. I want them to mandatory test everybody. I want them to completely disinfect that building from floor to ceiling, wall to wall,” said Karla Schumann, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters 104.

Schumann said the first case appeared at the center on Silverlake Road in Tucson May 6 and “has spread like wildfire and still does.”

https://www.kold.com/2020/05/22/local-union-calls-ups-distribution-closure-amid-possible-covid-outbreak/

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