Long Beach passes city ordinance of $4/hr hazard pay

[kIdMuScLe]

Long Beach has just pass a ordinance that grocery employers must pay their worker an extra $4/hr hazard pay. Which I say is about time these companies are paying extra while making record breaking profits!

Long Beach City Council passes resolution giving grocery workers extra $4 per hour in hazard pay

The planned urgency ordinance would order grocery store owners to pay their frontline employees an additional $4 an hour in hazard pay wages.

abc7.com

 

[zerocalories]

Very nice. Wonder if other cities will do so

 

[Theswweet]

Yay, that's something to be proud about from my city! Not great, but it's better than most of the country about now...

 

[LifeLine]

Hopefully Amazon warehouse workers are eligible as well

 

[Cipherr]

Damn thats awesome. Shame it only comes when the vaccine is going out. I wonder if its retro. Probably not.

 

[TaySan]

Good stuff! Wish my city did something similar.

 

[Novoitus]

me and my coworkers are striking and working w/ a union right now in Chicago for hazard pay. hope we get it.