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Oakland approves hazard pay for grocery workers; Berkeley considering it


A version of this story first appeared on Berkeleyside’s sister site, the Oaklandside.
Oakland grocery workers are getting a substantial hazard pay raise starting immediately.
The City Council voted Tuesday to require large grocery stores to pay their employees an additional $5 per hour. The law will cover workers at popular stores like Cardenas Markets, Safeway/Albertsons, Save Mart, Target, Trader Joe’, and Whole Foods. Small independent stores are exempt.
The pay raise is meant to compensate grocery store workers, among the state’s essential workforce, for the increased risks they have faced during the pandemic. According to a study published in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine, grocery workers are at higher risk of contracting COVID-19 because they work in enclosed settings around numerous strangers where it’s difficult to socially distance themselves. ....

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Indivisible Yolo plans six weeks of action


Indivisible Yolo plans six weeks of action
Those who are thrilled to see President Biden and Vice-President Harris safely sworn in but worried about losing momentum for positive change can join Indivisible Yolo for six weeks of action to work toward rebalancing power by securing voting rights, fixing the Senate and depoliticizing the courts.
Indivisible Yolo will host a virtual “Fixing Our Democracy Action Hour” from 2 to 3 p.m. Sundays, Jan. 31 to March 7, building on the phonebank community that was instrumental in electing Biden and flipping the Senate. Participants will learn about key democracy reform goals and make phone calls, write postcards or take other simple actions. ....

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