Petition · past parliament

Supermarket shop workers to be equivalent to carers for vaccinations.

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

Supermarket shop workers have been frontline since the first lockdown in March 2020, despite following guidelines, shop workers are at Risk everyday and with the new variant has shown that it can be passed on without the person being aware, and has increased the risk to shop workers.
Shop workers have never been recognised as frontline by the government, despite being a lifeline for everyone.

Having to deal with those with or without masks, no restrictions on the amount of shoppers per Sq foot, or regard to all workers who contend with shoppers on a daily basis, it has become evident the new variant has taken effect on shop workers and needs an intervention to keep resources and supermarkets open and this needs to be done by increasing the priority of vaccination.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Prioritise Key Retail Workers, being offered the Covid Vaccine!

Timeline

5 Jan 2021 Petition opened for signatures
11 Jan 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 11 Jan 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.