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City Attorney Pete Holmes SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) – We are protecting vulnerable workers, the City of Seattle says in response to a lawsuit that challenges its requirement that grocery store employees receive $4-an-hour raises. Seattle filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit Feb. 18, claiming plaintiffs Northwest Grocery Association and Washington Food Industry Association are trying to override the public interest in “safe and fair workplaces” during the COVID-19 pandemic. “(T)he City of Seattle acted to support and protect grocery store employees, critical frontline workers since the start of the pandemic, who are increasingly vulnerable to COVID-19 exposure and continue to provide a crucial service to the community,” says the motion, signed by Assistant City Attorney Jeremiah Miller. ....
Soriano Power SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) – Grocery associations are suing the City of Seattle over an ordinance that would require stores to pay employees $4 more per hour as hazard pay during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Northwest Grocery Association and the Washington Food Industry Association filed their lawsuit Feb. 3 in Seattle federal court over a measure passed Jan. 25 by the Seattle City Council. The suit seeks a declaration that the ordinance is unconstitutional because it is preempted by federal law regulating collective bargaining and unfair labor practices. It also claims the ordinance violates the equal protection and contracts clauses of the U.S. and Washington constitutions. ....