The New Normal
Unexpected Frontline
5/12/2020 | 6m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Supermarket workers like Erin Simmons hold an unexpected frontline of COVID-19.
Between stocking shelves and the usual “paper or plastic,” at check out, working in a supermarket can seem thankless. But, people need to eat, and in times of crisis, stores become frontlines and the employees keep them running. But, Erin Simmons says grocery workers have always known they were essential. Now everyone else knows it too.
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The New Normal is a local public television program presented by Cascade PBS
The New Normal
Unexpected Frontline
5/12/2020 | 6m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Between stocking shelves and the usual “paper or plastic,” at check out, working in a supermarket can seem thankless. But, people need to eat, and in times of crisis, stores become frontlines and the employees keep them running. But, Erin Simmons says grocery workers have always known they were essential. Now everyone else knows it too.
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