“Dear PoPville,
I am a commission based stylist at a popular salon in DC and I made the personal choice to stop working on Friday night until April first, and at that point I will reevaluate the situation. As many of us in the industry, we are scared to work on clients for fear of getting or spreading the virus. We also don’t get paid if we don’t work and basically no salons in the DC area provide paid time off or sick leave. This puts us in a difficult position. My salon decided to close on Monday until next Tuesday and I got word today that he is planning on opening back up then. He has given us all the choice whether we want to come back in or not, however we will have to provide our own masks and hand sanitizer. If we opt out of working and the government hasn’t shut us down we will not be able to receive unemployment benefits.
I am reaching out to ask you to promote this petition I have created to ask the mayor to enact a shelter in place order for the next 2 weeks. Much like the one San Francisco and Nevada just implemented.”
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