County Council OKs Hazard pay for grocery workers. Here's why they likely won't get it
County Council OKs Hazard pay for grocery workers. Here's why they likely won't get it News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 3 hrs ago Josephine Peterson, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) May 5—Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier on Tuesday night shot down a narrowly passed County Council ordinance that would have given hazard pay to grocery store workers. Council Democrats passed the ordinance along party lines in a 4-3 vote. It would have given grocery store workers in unincorporated Pierce County a $4 per hour raise to compensate them for being essential workers during the COV...