Senior Editor Effective Feb. 1, Trader Joeâs said the âthank youâ premium for all hourly, non-management crew members was increased by $2.
Trader Joeâs has increased its pandemic premium pay for workers â the latest development in a story that involves government mandates and closed stores.
In a recent announcement, the food retailer said that it began paying hourly employees an additional $2 per hour at the beginning of the pandemic. Effective Feb. 1, Trader Joeâs said the âthank youâ premium for all hourly, non-management crew members was increased by $2, for a total of $4 an hour.
âMoreover, during this time, we have offered crew members a few additional ways to qualify for and maintain health insurance,â the retailer said. âWe want crew members to have the opportunity to take extended time off without repercussions to their benefits.â
Ascend s downtown Springfield location is on the corner of East Adams and South Seventh streets. Workers at a cannabis dispensary in downtown Springfield are seeking to unionize. They say bullying, a lack of paid sick time, limited hours and a lack of transparency regarding COVID-19 are reasons why. Ascend Springfield employees at the downtown location (628 E. Adams St.) are organizing under the umbrella of the Local 881 chapter of The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) which includes employees of cannabis cultivation centers and dispensaries. In a fact-sheet provided by the union, complaints from employees include that there is no paid sick time and paid holidays were canceled days before Thanksgiving last year. There are also claims about a lack of clarity and transparency when it com
Senior Editor Ralph s, along with Food 4 Less, appear to be victims of mandated grocery pay raises by local governments.
Kroger is blaming mandated pandemic hazard pay for the upcoming closings of two supermarkets it owns in Long Beach, California.
The stores scheduled to close are: The Ralphs store located at 3380 N. Los Coyotes Diagonal, and the Food 4 Less store located at 2185 E. South Street. The two closures decrease the chains’ store count by 25% in Long Beach.
“As a result of the City of Long Beach’s decision to pass an ordinance mandating Extra Pay for grocery workers, we have made the difficult decision to permanently close long-struggling store locations in Long Beach,” said a company spokesperson. “This misguided action by the Long Beach City Council oversteps the traditional bargaining process and applies to some, but not all, grocery workers in the city.”
Union Blasts Kroger for Closing Stores Instead of Raising Wages Under COVID Hero Pay Law
On 2/2/21 at 9:35 AM EST
A union has expressed anger at Kroger s plan to close two of its supermarkets in southern California after the introduction of a local law ordering it to increase workers hourly wage by $4 to compensate them for the additional risks posed by COVID.
Last March, the retailer introduced what it called a hero bonus for staff of an additional $2 per hour. It ended the hazard pay two months later, however, leading to criticism from unions. The company instead gave a one-off $400 bonus to full-time employees and $200 to part-time employees.
. As a warehouse manager at a Food 4 Less in Los Angeles, Norma Leiva greets delivery drivers hauling in soda and chips and oversees staff stocking shelves and helping customers. At night, she returns to the home she shares with her elderly mother-in-law, praying the coronavirus isn t traveling inside her. A medical miracle at the end of last year seemed to answer her prayers: Leiva, 51, thought she was near the front of the line to receive a vaccine, right after medical workers and people in nursing homes. Now that California has expanded eligibility to millions of older residents in a bid to accelerate the administration of the vaccines she is mystified about when it will be her turn.