British Columbia prioritizing teachers, child-care staff and first responders for COVID shot “This is not a job where there is the privilege of the availability of social distancing.
We are in very close proximity with our clients — each and every client — each and every time,” Martin Beeching, president of ATU Local 1724, told Global News.“We have to assist them with putting on securement, like seatbelts, they have to tie down wheelchair when they ride the lift up and down with the client, they are right beside them, touching.”Beeching said the union’s estimated 600 drivers recognized that residents in long-term care and other at-risk groups needed to be prioritized in the vaccine rollout.