Rachel holds multiple jobs as a social services front-line worker in the Greater Toronto Area. Recently after a long shift, she left work, went to the grocery store and returned home to her children.
Global News has agreed to use a pseudonym for Rachel, as she fears reprisal from her employer. That night she got a call from a crying co-worker — a resident they cared for was sick and was sent to the hospital to be tested for the novel coronavirus.
Both she and her colleague are Black women, as are most of the relief and part-time staff where she works, she said. While her colleague had learned about this from another co-worker, management did nothing to notify staff that a resident was sick and was now in hospital, Rachel said. “Had the