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On March 1, 2021, the City Council of Pomona, California, passed an ordinance that establishes premium pay for retail food workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pomona is an...
(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) The Los Angeles City Council learned nothing from the city of Long Beach. Instead, they poured milk on stupid, and decided to pass their own version of Hero Pay, requiring Supermarket chains to pay their workers an extra $5.00 an hour in hazard pay. The result was, as expected. “Two Ralphs and a Food 4 Less will close by May in Los Angeles, a decision the parent company says was accelerated by a city mandate requiring workers earn an extra $5 hourly in “hazard pay” during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Cincinnati-based Kroger said it’s shuttering the under...
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved an emergency ordinance to temporarily raise wages by $5 per hour for some grocery and retail workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton, the emergency ordinance calling for the additional hazard pay is urgently needed to further support the city's essential workers, who are at higher risk of contracting the virus as they can't work from home and often work indoors and serve a variety of customers on a daily basis. "Our essential grocery workers are often paid ...
LOS ANGELES—The Kroger Co. announced March 10 that it's closing three Los Angeles stores following the city council's ...
The Kroger Co. announced Wednesday it is closing three Los Angeles stores.