Burgerville Workers Strike After a Shop With a COVID-Positive Employee Announces Plans to Reopen | Eater Portland

"When an employee at the NE Glisan Burgerville location tested positive, the restaurant closed on July 7 and initially planned to reopen on July 10, giving those who worked with the infected employee on July 2 paid time off to self-quarantine for two weeks; the extra closure was described as time to deep-clean and make testing available. The Burgerville Workers Union said a three-day closure wouldn’t give employees enough time to get tested and, noting the infected worker was asymptomatic, demanded negative COVID-19 test results before staff return or a full two-week self-isolation for anyone who may have been exposed. Workers staged a strike over the reopening timeline until the company agreed to delay reopening to July 13 and have since staged additional one-day strikes; Burgerville issued a statement saying it followed CDC contact-tracing guidance, provided paid voluntary testing and paid employees during the closure, and maintains wellness screenings, distancing, face coverings, and curbside/drive-thru service." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden