Fast food workers are not known for speaking out in the national media. Dominion-Post KFC and McDonald's takeaways were closed during the lockdown level 4 but reopened for contactless pick up in level 3. They’re having to put an extraordinary amount of trust in their fellow workers who are also hustling at double-speed, trying to meet the need. On Thursday the prime minister suggested workers should feel confident to speak up if they thought level 3 guidelines were being breached. Fast food workers are not nurses and doctors, but in our desperation for the meals they produce, we sure as heck have designated them essential worker status.

Source: Stuff May 02, 2020 16:52 UTC