ATLANTA – Employees at the U.S. Postal Service’s Atlanta local processing center say they have been working without air conditioning for weeks, enduring sweltering conditions during some of the hottest days of July.
What we know:
The facility, located on Crown Road, has seen indoor temperatures soar in recent weeks as triple-digit heat indexes gripped the city. Workers say the lack of air conditioning inside the warehouse has left them overheated, frustrated, and concerned for their safety.
What they’re saying:
“We’re all in there just trying to survive,” said postal worker Natosha Johnson. “I worked at a couple other buildings, and I’ve never felt the level of heat in this building that I did at the others.”
Johnson said employees have repeatedly asked supervisors when the AC will be restored. “I have heard one supervisor in particular say, ‘If you don’t like the heat, then stay home or go home.’ And when you are talking about a person who has to provide for their household, we have single mothers that work there… it almost seems inhumane, and it seems as if they really do not care about their employees.”
