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Two warehouse workers from an apple packing plant in Yakima are threatening a hunger strike if their employers can鈥檛 support COVID-19 safety measures.

Farmers trade potatoes to Woodinville for toiletries

Farm, orchard, and warehouse strikes have been going on since early May, and workers say there is still not enough being done to protect them from COVID-19. There were seven strikes between Monday and Thursday of last week, reported the , with more expected, as workers are requesting more social distancing, hazard pay, and protection from retaliation for protesting.

Union representative Edgar Franks says the safety concerns are shared among workers employed by at least six different produce companies in the Yakima Valley area.

鈥淭hey haven鈥檛 seen any kind of support from their employers on that end,鈥� Franks told 成人X站 Radio. 鈥淢ost of their work is done on a line, on a production line, and there is no social distancing there. Workers are basically shoulder to shoulder.鈥�

Franks says, as far as they know, more than a dozen warehouse workers have tested positive for the virus.

鈥淢any of their coworkers have already become infected and sick,” he said. “They鈥檙e afraid that, in their workplace, they might become sick and bring the virus home and infect their families.鈥�

Report: COVID-19 infections in Eastern Washington ‘slowly increasing’

Yakima County has the highest infection rate of COVID-19 in the western United States. On Monday, the Washington State Department of Health is reporting 2,370 cases, and 75 deaths in the Yakima County alone.

The 成人X站 Radio Newsdesk contributed to this report.