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Irvine Will Consider ‘Hero Pay’ for Grocery Store Workers
Irvine city council will consider boosting the pay of grocery store workers during the COVID-19 pandemic at a Feb. 9 meeting.
If approved, the ordinance would increase employee pay by an extra $4 an hour at any large franchise company not including managers, or supervisors for 120 days. The ordinance would go into effect immediately.
“I am very supportive of our grocery store workers who have been on the front line and who’ve been greatly exposed,” Irvine Councilmember Tammy Kim told The Epoch Times. “The grocery store workers that we have here are going through a lot. They are some of our … poorest residents.”
California Grocers File Suit Over Hazard Pay City Approved For Grocery Workers
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A group representing California grocers filed suit Wednesday against Oakland for mandating hazard pay for grocery workers earlier this week.
The California Grocers Association filed suit in federal court in the Northern District of California claiming the $5 per hour pay increase is unconstitutional under U.S. and California law.
Lawyers for the association also filed suit Wednesday against the city of Montebello in Los Angeles County and about two weeks ago against Long Beach after those two cities passed ordinances like Oakland s.
Trader Joe’s has boosted extra pandemic pay for its hourly and non-management employees by $2 an hour at stores nationwide.
Now, those employees will temporarily receive an extra $4 an hour with the Thank You wage in recognition of the outstanding, inspiring work they do every day, in our stores and communities, the grocer said in a blog post.
The increase comes as President Joe Biden calls on employers to provide hazard pay to frontline essential workers as part of his American Rescue Plan. City councils in Seattle and several California cities, including Long Beach and Berkeley, have passed mandates for grocery store companies to pay essential workers additional pay.