Nearly 19% of the company’s Illinois workplace has tested positive, 23% of its California-based workforce, and nearly 27% of its workforce in Texas. In one case, the complaint also pointed to the company’s hosting of a “lunch-and-learn” meeting with former Wisconsin governor Scott Walker. A photograph of the meeting showed unmasked employees sitting closely together listening to Walker, a Republican, also standing without a mask. The couple donated $80m to Republican candidates and causes in the 2020 election, including to support Donald Trump’s campaign. At the time, last April, Liz Uihlein told the Guardian in a short phone interview that only 15 Uline employees had tested positive for the virus.

Source: The Guardian February 28, 2021 07:00 UTC