By Thomas Lyons Source: The Provincetown Independent Hazard pay is top of mind for members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Union Local 328 as they negotiate their new contract with Stop & Shop. In April 2019, the chain’s workers went on strike when negotiations broke down. [...]
By Mary Papenfuss Source: HuffPost Kroger grocery company CEO Rodney McMullen cut COVID-19 hazard pay for food workers last year just months into the pandemic — then scooped up a record $22.4 million in compensation for himself, Bloomberg reported Thursday. McMullen’s pay package was revealed Thursday in a regulatory filing. [...]
For the second time in just over a month, the Ralphs/Food 4 Less division of The Kroger Co. plans to close underperforming stores in the wake of a municipal mandate for grocery worker hazard pay due to COVID-19. Plans call for Ralphs supermarkets at 9616 West Pico Blvd. and 3300 [...]
Despite the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations, hazards for frontline workers continue. Early in the pandemic, many large companies increased pay for essential workers, but many of those raises have now expired. Seattle and several cities across California have passed mandatory hazard pay for employees at some large grocers, a move [...]
Two grocery stores in Southern California will shutter in April in response to a local “hero pay” measure requiring a $4-an-hour increase for grocery workers during the pandemic. Kroger, which owns more than a dozen grocery chains, announced this week that it would close a pair of Long Beach stores [...]
Two Northwest grocery industry trade groups are suing Seattle over the city’s new law mandating $4-an-hour pay raises for grocery stores. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle, alleges the city’s law interferes with the collective-bargaining process between grocery stores and unions and also “picks winners and [...]
President-elect Joe Biden is pushing food retailers to provide their workers with back hazard pay as part of a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus plan the incoming administration released Thursday and wants Congress to swiftly approve. The proposal also calls on lawmakers to approve unemployment aid to grocery delivery workers, ride-share [...]