We are talking with our drivers and workers in affected areas to review CDC guidelines and local guidance from elected officials.” “This includes the speedy distribution of masks for our employees in affected areas. “We are working on a variety of immediate actions,” Jim Mayer, UPS spokesman, wrote via email. UPS on Friday told CNN in a statement that the company is closely tracking the air quality and that the “wellbeing and safety of UPSers is our number one priority.” On Thursday, Teamsters Local 804 partnered with New York City Democratic Socialists of America to distribute donated KN95 masks to workers. “The bodega is willing to give me a mask for free, but my employer did not,” said Leichenger, an alternate shop steward of the Teamsters Local 804, whose members are among the 340,000 UPS Teamsters voting this week whether to authorize a strike if there’s an impasse on contract negotiations. The 27-year-old Leichenger, who was five hours into a 12-hour shift that day, eventually got a mask by popping into a bodega where he ended up being given one. So I sat in the driver’s seat of my truck and drank some water, which I guess helped a little bit, but they didn’t give any guidance whatsoever.” “They didn’t say that we should catch some fresh air inside, so in the moment when I was just overwhelmed and dizzy, I just didn’t think about it. “I sent a message saying that I was feeling lightheaded and might need to take a second and have some water, and they just said, ‘copy,’” Leichenger told CNN. When wildfire smoke smothers US cities and communities, suddenly creating a hazardous air quality event, workers like Leichenger say they’re left gasping for help to keep doing their jobs.
Uber Eats driver William Medina travels from Queens to Brooklyn through smoke from Canadian Wildfires on Wednesday, June 7.
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