When The Strand alerted employees it was reopening on June 22, managers sent re-hired workers a three-page safety plan ahead of their return to the iconic Greenwich Village bookstore.
“I looked at it and I said, well, they’re taking it seriously enough,” said employee Bill Magee, a member of UAW Local 2179.
But multiple employees said they quickly found that many of the safeguards listed in the plan — including social distancing, occupancy limits and plastic barriers — were not being enforced or properly implemented. Employees did say they were provided surgical masks.