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California Grocers Association sues San Jose and Daly City for giving workers hazard pay
By Andre Torrez
FILE - A grocery store worker loads peppers in the produce dept at the grocery store.
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The California Grocers Association is suing the cities of San Jose and Daly City over hazard pay ordinances for grocery workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
The lawsuits filed on Friday call the extra pay mandates in each city illegal.
Last month San Jose mandated a $3 an hour pay boost for its grocery workers and in Daly City a similar ordinance was passed unanimously this week by the city council to boost workers pay $5 an hour.
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EVgo Further Extends Nation s Largest Fast Charging Network to Tesla Drivers
EVgo to Add More than 600 Integrated Tesla Connectors Across its Network in 2021
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/
EVgo, the nation s largest public fast charging network for electric vehicles (EVs), is expanding its offering for
Tesla drivers to charge at more EVgo stations across the country, upgrading hundreds of its stations with integrated Tesla connectors. This will further EVgo s reach as the only EV charging platform that is both 100% renewable electricity powered and capable of charging all three fast charging standards (CHAdeMO, SAE Combo or CCS, and Tesla) without the need of a separate adaptor. This, combined with EVgo s industry leading uptime of 98%, will further extend the benefits of EVs to more U.S. drivers and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector.