Distancing disruptions

摘要

Oregon tree fruit growers spent May drafting plans to house temporary workers without bunk beds after state workplace safety authorities banned their use during the coronavirus pandemic. Washington officials considered a similar move but decided to allow bunk beds under certain restrictions.While all the major tree fruit producing states issued health guidelines urging social distancing, concrete plans to isolate workers who test positive and extra sanitation measures, Oregon and Washington were the only states, at press time in early May,to have enacted specific regulations requiring such measures, after farmworker advocacy groups filed a legal petition.Workplace safety agencies in California, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania required employers to protect workers from the coronavirus under existing state regulations.