Corrections and Clarifications: This story has been updated to correct the number of FedEx worker complaints closed by OSHA and the recipient of an email sent by FedEx regarding Clara Newkirk’s exposure.
“She became really afraid to even go to work,” said her sister Debbie Hyman, who said Pope brought her own masks, gloves and cleaning supplies to work.not the only FedEx worker whose symptoms have turned fatalThe day prior, eight FedEx Express domestic workers deaths were cited in an internal document obtained by the Memphis Commercial Appeal and Bergen Record.
A few days before Pope’s death, Clara Newkirk, who logged cargo data at the Newark site, died at age 70, according to her daughter, Stephanie Newkirk-Miller. “They should have called and told her. They dropped the ball,” said Newkirk-Miller, who believes her mother might have received care sooner if she had known someone had tested positive.“They are a huge company and it’s like, ‘Why couldn’t you afford all this? You’re not a little, tiny, ten-people company. You are a huge company, all over the world,’” Hyman said of FedEx, which has a market value of more than $30 billion.
Maciuba worked at FedEx in various positions, including in aircraft ramp operations management, for more than 35 years. He said FedEx could shut down a regional hub like Newark and redirect those packages to its larger hubs in Memphis and Indianapolis in response to a COVID-19 outbreak. Because of that, FedEx is better positioned to handle an outbreak in its air network than rivals UPS or Amazon.
The complaints echo the claims of multiple whistleblowers at FedEx’s main hub in Memphis – and concerns sent to the office of U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., a spokesperson said. Booker said multiple FedEx employees have informed his office “that they only learned of their exposure to coworkers that have tested positive for COVID-19 from other colleagues, and heard no such information from management.”
“I understand that masks have since been provided to some employees, but not consistently,” Booker said in his letter. “I have also received reports that despite many confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 at your Newark Shipping Center, the facility has not been consistently cleaned, nor has FedEx been adequately sanitizing work stations, bathrooms, or common areas.”For its part, FedEx said in a statement it has made several safety improvements at the Newark hub.
While some of these changes have been made in recent weeks, more could be done, said several workers who asked that their identities be protected because they feared retribution. FedEx said in a statement it has provided “clear and frequent communication that reinforces the importance of personal hygiene, self-monitoring for symptoms and staying home when unwell.”
Hell our jails are dangerous. Many sick including correctional officers
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Yikes. This is bad. My prayer for protection and safety for all people who work in the logistics. They ARE essential workers who deserve every reasonable protection available.
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