Grocers sue San Leandro over new $5-an-hour hazard pay requirement
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The Safeway store at College and Claremont avenues in Oakland, Calif. on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015. Oakland was the first Bay Area city to pass a mandatory pay raise for grocery store workers during the pandemic.Paul Chinn / The Chronicle
The California Grocers Association on Wednesday sued San Leandro, a day after the City Council voted in favor of an immediate and mandatory $5-an-hour pay increase for employees at large grocers that have remained open during the pandemic.
San Leandro is the second city in the Bay Area to be sued by the trade association. The group, which represents most grocery stores in California, sued Oakland on Feb. 3 after a similar measure was passed in the city. The trade group has lawsuits pending against the cities of West Hollywood, Montebello and Long Beach after similar laws mandating supplemental pay for grocery workers were passed.
California Grocers File Suit Over Hazard Pay City Approved For Grocery Workers
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OAKLAND (BCN)
A group representing California grocers filed suit Wednesday against Oakland for mandating hazard pay for grocery workers earlier this week.
The California Grocers Association filed suit in federal court in the Northern District of California claiming the $5 per hour pay increase is unconstitutional under U.S. and California law.
Lawyers for the association also filed suit Wednesday against the city of Montebello in Los Angeles County and about two weeks ago against Long Beach after those two cities passed ordinances like Oakland s.
Grocers sue Oakland over new $5-an-hour hazard pay mandate for supermarkets
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A Safeway store on College Ave. in Oakland. Safeway offered hazard pay at the beginning of the pandemic and then withdrew it. Oakland is now requiring large grocers to pay workers $5 an hour more as hazard pay.Paul Chinn / The Chronicle
The California Grocers Association on Wednesday sued Oakland, just one day after the City Council voted to require larger food sellers to give workers a $5-an-hour pay increase as compensation for the added risks and stress of operating on the front lines during the coronavirus pandemic.
The trade group, which represents most grocery stores in California, is seeking to have the new law declared invalid and unconstitutional.