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As Cities Mandate Hazard Pay for Grocery Workers, Groceries Sue One year into the pandemic, grocery store workers still face major resistance to getting the hazard pay they deserve Share this story . Nearly a year into the pandemic, a new battle is brewing over grocery workers’ right to hazard pay. Earlier this week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to give grocery workers a short-term $5 per hour pay increase, following the city of Long Beach’s approval in January of an ordinance that would require grocery stores with at least 300 employees nationally to provide their employees with an extra $4 an hour on top of their established hourly wages for a minimum of 120 days. ....
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Grocery chains are coming under pressure to boost hourly employees pay again, as municipalities push continued aid for frontline workers nearly a year into the Covid-19 pandemic. Seattle, Long Beach, Calif., and other cities have passed new rules requiring supermarkets to provide employees temporary bonus pay. Others, including Los Angeles, are considering similar mandates designed to help employees who have to show up for work in public-facing jobs like cashiers or baggers and risk exposure to the coronavirus. Some grocers are pushing back, saying that shoppers will bear the costs. Grocery executives say rules to raise wages in some cases by as much as $5 an hour will increase expenses by about 30% in stores and squeeze already thin profit margins. Some chains including Kroger Co. say they will close some stores in areas with new wage mandates, while others say they are boosting food prices or may cut back on services like checkouts. ....
Washington’s plastic bag ban on hold during COVID-19 The state Legislature passed the ban on single-use plastic bags with bipartisan support in 2020, but the pandemic has delayed its implementation. by Glen Quadros, owner of the Great American Diner & Bar, hands over a takeout food order, packaged in compostable containers placed inside a plastic bag, to a waiting customer in Seattle on March 31, 2020. Washington state has delayed a plastic bag ban because of the pandemic. (Elaine Thompson/AP) On March 9, 2020, 33 state senators voted to pass Senate Bill 5323, making Washington the ninth state to ban single-use plastic bags. Two days later, the World Health Organization classified the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. Along with in-person gatherings, the statewide plastic bag ban became an early victim of the pandemic. ....
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. ....