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Federal Way approves $3 an hour hazard pay for grocery store workers
Small grocers may apply for a grant to make up the difference in pay, according to the ordinance.
Credit: littlewolf1989 - stock.adobe.com Author: KING 5 Staff Updated: 6:13 PM PDT May 5, 2021
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. The Federal Way City Council voted to mandate a $3 per hour hazard pay raise for frontline grocery store workers.
The ordinance goes into effect on May 15. Employees at Safeway, Walmart, Winco and Fred Meyer will get the raise. Smaller grocers like Grocery Outlet are also impacted but may apply for grant money through the American Rescue Plan to make up the difference, according to the ordinance.
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Pierce County Exec calls on Inslee to expand vaccine eligibility early after Phase 2 rollback April 13, 2021 at 5:48 pm
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, center, talks to East Pierce Fire & Rescue Chief Bud Backer, left, and Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)
In the wake of Pierce, Cowlitz, and Whitman counties rolling back Phase 2 of reopening, Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier issued a letter to Gov. Jay Inslee Tuesday, urging him to immediately expand vaccine eligibility.
Vaccine eligibility in Washington expands to everyone over the age of 16 on Thursday, April 15. Given the rising COVID-19 case rates in Pierce County that led to its move back to Phase 2, though, Dammeier is looking to get residents vaccinated at a faster rate, and in turn, drive local case rates down quickly.
Technical glitch left Pierce County under-ordering COVID-19 vaccines, state says
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 4 hrs ago Josephine Peterson and Debbie Cockrell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Apr. 9 Pierce County has been previously under-ordering COVID-19 vaccines, and the state blames a technical glitch, after initially faulting the county.
A text from Gov. Jay Inslee s staff to Pierce County staff said that all that we offered has not been accepted, according to Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier.
When The News Tribune asked the Washington State Department of Health for details, the state said a malfunction led to Pierce County unknowingly under-ordering vaccines.