California Grocers Association sues San Jose and Daly City for giving workers hazard pay
By Andre Torrez
FILE - A grocery store worker loads peppers in the produce dept at the grocery store.
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The California Grocers Association is suing the cities of San Jose and Daly City over hazard pay ordinances for grocery workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
The lawsuits filed on Friday call the extra pay mandates in each city illegal.
Last month San Jose mandated a $3 an hour pay boost for its grocery workers and in Daly City a similar ordinance was passed unanimously this week by the city council to boost workers pay $5 an hour.
Texas to receive 800,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses next week, which is a drop from this week
Texas to receive 800,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses next week, which is a drop from this week
More people will be eligible for vaccines in Texas next week. But there will be fewer vaccines available.
About 800,000 new doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be coming into Texas next week. That s a drop from the million-plus the state got this week.
That s because the FEMA hubs won t be doing first doses starting next week, and the initial supply of Johnson & Johnson vaccine has been used up. Will still be the third largest allocation we ve gotten so far, said Imelda Garcia, DSHS associate commissioner for laboratory and infectious disease services and chair of the Expert Vaccine Allocation Panel.
“That’s much earlier than expected,” the president said in his first prime-time television address. “That doesn't mean everyone's going to have that shot immediately. But it means you're able to get in line beginning May 1.”
In a statement released on Tuesday, Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Chapek announced that an official launch date for the Anaheim reopening would be announced in the coming weeks.
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