Jamaican and other Caribbean workers employed to non-essential retail chains in South Florida are breathing a collective sigh of relief after a number of stores at which they work reopened their doors after weeks of closure due to the coronavirus.
As the American economy begins to reopen, the Burlington, Ross, TJ Maxx and Beall’s stores lifted their shutters to the relief of the furloughed workers.
The sight of customers lining up to enter the store brought relief to 42-year-old Sophia Wright, who has worked as an associate at a Burlington store in West Palm Beach for nine years.
Several Caribbean nationals who work at the Burlington store told The Sunday Gleaner that they send remittances back home to their loved ones.
Miller was on door duty at the Burlington Store and was tasked with sanitising shopping carts and monitoring the traffic to ensure no more than 150 persons were in the store at any one time.
