Five years after the coronavirus pandemic began, many frontline grocery store workers say they continue to feel its impact, according to a survey released Monday.
The survey of 476 grocery workers, represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770, showed that more than half of respondents felt that their lives had changed dramatically. About 51.7% of respondents said their mental health suffered, another 43.8% said they were worse off financially and 31% of people surveyed said their physical health has taken a toll.
UFCW Local 770 and the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) conducted the survey last year between Nov. 12 to Dec. 15. UFCW represents nearly 30,000 members in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino, Riverside and Kern counties…