Staff at an East Kilbride packaging plant say they are ‘being asked to risk their lives for a cardboard box’.Workers at Westrock Packaging remain at work during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite concerns for their safety.That sees them continue with their usual 12-hour shifts, yet staff do not consider themselves to be key workers.Now staff are demanding management rethink their approach to things.One worker, who wishes not to be named, told us that some social distancing measures are in place at the plant, but not enough.A staff member of three decades, he said: “To be honest, you’d be lucky if we were two feet apart, nevermind two metres.“We work the machines together, we’re in the changing room together, and all for a duty free packaging
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