Boston Mayor Martin Walsh exits City Hall to begin a press conference on May 19, 2020. Photo by Jeremiah Robinson | City of Boston

Two leading Democrats criticized Gov. Charlie Baker’s reopening plan Tuesday with one – Rep. Ayanna Pressley – calling it “too soon” and the other – Boston Mayor Marty Walsh – saying he was “not comfortable” with aspects of the plan.

Pressley called on Gov. Charlie Baker to reconsider the phased reopening plan his administration rolled out Monday, writing on Twitter that the state “isn’t ready to ‘reopen'” and criticizing the view that public health needs and economic recovery are competing interests.

“Yesterday’s announcement left us with more questions than answers and I have been on the phone with families worried about childcare, faith leaders concerned it is not safe to gather, and small businesses worried about their workers’ health & access to PPE,” Pressley, a freshman Democrat, said.

The first phase of the gradual revival of public life began Monday, but non-emergency child care facilities will remain closed until at least the second phase. Businesses will need to abide by mandatory safety requirements, including face-coverings for every employee.

Walsh stressed the importance of moving cautiously in the capital city into this first phase of jump-starting the economy at his semi-regular midday press conference Tuesday.

The mayor said he thought Baker took a “thoughtful approach” to reopening, but differed with the governor over the reopening of offices downtown. The governor said offices in Massachusetts can bring 25 percent of their workforce back starting next Monday everywhere except Boston, where activity can resume on June 1.

“I’m personally not comfortable with the 25 percent, to be quite honest with you, and we’re looking at it now. I just had a conversation before I came down about what the number would be, but I think 25 percent on the first day would be too much,” Walsh said, noting that some large companies like State Street have said they won’t reopen offices right away.

The mayor said that Boston is unique in that it is the third most densely populated major city in the country, and roughly doubles in population size every day as people commute in to work. The city’s diversity and identity as a hub of tourism, higher education and health care also creates unique challenges, he said.

“Overall, the data tells us that we’re moving in the right direction on new cases, on positive tests and in hospitalization for about three weeks here now, and that is good news. But every day the trend also gives us reason for caution in the terms of how gradual it is, in how necessary our precautions have been and how much potential there is for new outbreaks if we don’t keep doing the right thing,” Walsh said.

Walsh’s and Pressley’s comments come as worker advocacy group the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health denounced Baker’s reopening plan, giving it “failing grades” for worker rights and safety.

However, few of the state’s unions appear to be joining in the calls so far. Many trades and grocery store unions were silent on Baker’s plans Tuesday afternoon, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 103 business manager even tweeted a video message praising the Baker administration’s approach to construction safety with the hashtag #LetsGetToWork.

The notable exception appears to be UNITE HERE Local 26, Greater Boston’s main hospitality workers’ union, whose president, Carlos Amramayo said in a Tuesday column in the Boston Globe that the state needs to issue better health and safety guidelines and ensure hotel and other hospitality workers’ access to protective gear.