Fresno City Council to consider hazard pay for grocery store employees
Grocery store workers would receive hazard pay in the form of an extra $3 an hour for 120 days under the plan.
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Chavez says the dozen grocery stores in his district have been hit hard by COVID-19. Grocery stores can have the potential to be these petri dishes in the middle of our community and I saw my district go through that quite horribly with the zip codes that I represent being hot spots, he says.
But the California Grocers Association calls the proposal irresponsible and one which could lead to unintended consequences.
‘Amazing News’: Judge Denies Grocers’ Bid To Temporarily Halt Long Beach Hero Pay Ordinance Syndicated Local – CBS Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) A federal judge Thursday denied the California Grocers Association’s bid to temporarily overturn a Long Beach ordinance mandating an additional $4 in hourly pay for grocery store employees during the pandemic.
In a Thursday tweet, Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia called the ruling, “Amazing news,” and saying that the city had “won” the lawsuit, though the case is ongoing with another hearing scheduled for March 22.
Amazing news. We just won our lawsuit and our $4 an hour Hero Pay remains in place for grocery workers. Standing up for hardworking people is always the right thing to do.
LOS ANGELES (CN) A federal judge denied a bid by the California Grocers Association to block a city of Long Beach ordinance providing a $4 an hour boost in hazard pay for grocery workers, finding there’s no evidence the policy is preempted by federal labor law.
The Southern California city requires grocery stores to pay the extra $4 per hour for at least 120 days to workers who face “magnified risks of catching or spreading the Covid-19 disease because the nature of their work involves close contact with the public,” according to text of the ordinance approved Jan. 19.
The ordinance was contemplated as a measure acknowledging grocery workers’ contributions and one that would encourage or ensure employee retention in supermarkets that provide critical supplies for the public, attorneys for the city said in court papers.
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Nearly a year into the pandemic, a new battle is brewing over grocery workers’ right to hazard pay.
Earlier this week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to give grocery workers a short-term $5 per hour pay increase, following the city of Long Beach’s approval in January of an ordinance that would require grocery stores with at least 300 employees nationally to provide their employees with an extra $4 an hour on top of their established hourly wages for a minimum of 120 days.
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