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As you may have heard, tonight Governor Newsom issued a stay-at-home order covering all of California. (https://covid19.ca.gov/stay-home-except-for-essential-needs/)
For those of you who live and/or work in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Sacramento, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, and Solano Counties: this statewide stay-at-home order still exempts the same “essential services” and permits them to continue despite the mandate. This means that if you live/work in these counties and continued to work after the county stay-at-home order was issued because your job was deemed essential, your employer will likely continue to operate. In other words, this order doesn’t change whether your job is considered to be “essential.”
For those of you who do not live and/or work in a county that previously issued a county-wide stay-at-home order: while the order will mean many people will be required to stay-at-home, there are a number of exemptions. There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors/industries that are exempt and whose services will continue (see the full list here: https://www.cisa.gov/critical-infrastructure-sectors). Some examples of services that are allowed to continue to operate include:
- hospitals/pharmacies
- healthcare industry (including healthcare trust fund administrators and dental plan administrators)
- transportation (airlines, car rental, hotels)/public transit
- food and agriculture, including food processing/manufacturing, and all food-supply chain work like warehousing, distribution, and grocery, as well as restaurants offering take-out/delivery
- delivery companies
- financial sector (including banks, pensions/trust fund administrators)
- emergency services (fire/police/dispatch and other critical public sector jobs)
- wastewater and water systems
- utilities
- gas stations
- construction
Your Teamsters 856 business representative is working with your employer to address any impacts this order may have on our members and will be in touch. If you are unsure about what to do or need assistance please contact your Teamsters 856 business rep.
