Two weeks ago, he worked on a crowded Sunday when the store was short staffed. “Every day has been a struggle,” Dancy said.
Some customers also shop without a mask, making him feel unsafe. The latest surge of workers calling out sick adds extra responsibilities for Dancy and the employees who have to keep shelves stocked, help customers and complete other tasks. Sam Dancy, a QFC grocery store worker in Seattle, said "every day has been a struggle" during the latest Covid-19 wave. The store has had to close early on some days because of staffing constraints. Employees have quit in recent months and management has not replaced them, he added. Staffing at the store where Dancy works is at its worst level since the pandemic, lower even than during the first wave in March 2020, said the 62-year-old shop steward for the local United Food and Commercial Workers union. But, unlike millions of office workers, they can’t stay home and make a living. Now the rapid spread of Omicron is putting new pressure on essential workers already worn down after nearly two years working through a deadly pandemic. In late December he worked 11 straight days because of staffing shortages caused by the spread of the highly-contagious Covid-19 variant. But the Omicron variant is pushing him to the brink.ĭancy is a front-end supervisor overseeing the store’s cash registers, self-checkout kiosks, customer service and liquor departments. Sam Dancy has witnessed it all during his 30 years at supermarket chain QFC in Seattle.
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