February 27, 2021

UA Survey: Arizona grocery workers worry about unmasked shoppers

Nearly 4,000 workers participated in the survey

masks store Two shoppers wear masks in a Tucson grocery store.
AZPM

Many grocery store workers in Arizona say they’re still anxious about customers who won’t wear masks.

One in five employees affiliated with a major grocery union say they are worried they could be physically assaulted by a shopper as the coronavirus pandemic grinds into its second year.

Preliminary results of a University of Arizona online survey showed members of a union representing about half the state’s grocery workers said customers were a bit better about wearing masks, but complaining more.

h. In February, about 19% of the workers said they feared being physically assaulted by a customer, down slightly from 22% last July.

By posting comments, you agree to our
AZPM encourages comments, but comments that contain profanity, unrelated information, threats, libel, defamatory statements, obscenities, pornography or that violate the law are not allowed. Comments that promote commercial products or services are not allowed. Comments in violation of this policy will be removed. Continued posting of comments that violate this policy will result in the commenter being banned from the site.

By submitting your comments, you hereby give AZPM the right to post your comments and potentially use them in any other form of media operated by this institution.
AZPM is a service of the University of Arizona and our broadcast stations are licensed to the Arizona Board of Regents who hold the trademarks for Arizona Public Media and AZPM. We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples.
The University of Arizona