Most staff at Atlanta’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention campus near Emory University are still working from home this week. That’s after a gunman, Patrick Joseph White, opened fire on the CDC campus earlier this month, firing roughly 500 shots before taking his own life. DeKalb County Police Officer, husband and father of three David Rose, was also killed in the incident that had the campus on lockdown for hours.
Now, the union that represents CDC workers, and traumatized staff members, tells WABE’s “Morning Edition” they feel frustrated with the CDC’s plans moving forward.
Yolanda Jacobs, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 2883 in Atlanta, tells “Morning Edition” that the mental toll is akin to an abusive relationship. Jacobs says the CDC is forcing staff to wait week-by-week to find out if they can telework, or if they’ll be forced to return to campus. She says that response is similar to the Trump administration firing government workers, and then calling them back a few weeks later.
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