Delivery drivers face pandemic without sick pay, insurance, sanitizer

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Delivery drivers face pandemic without sick pay, insurance, sanitizer
On his delivery route through Orange County, California, Joseph Alvarado made 153 stops one day last week for Amazon.com, touching the inside and outside of his van, more than 225 packages, and dozens of customers’ doors and gates. In a global coronavirus pandemic that has infected about ...

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