City working on hero pay for some essential workers
Tracy Lehr / NewsChannel 3-12
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Hero pay could soon put extra money in the pockets of workers at large grocery and drug stores in the city of Santa Barbara.
The City Council voted 5-1 to pass an emergency ordinance establishing 60 days of $5.00 and hour hero pay for grocery and drug retail workers at companies with at least 300 employees nationwide.
Meagan Harmon and Alejandro Gutierrez introduced the hazard pay idea that has been adopted in about 30 other California communities. Eric Friedman recused himself from the vote due to a conflict of interest. He works at Trader Joe s. Mike Jordon was the only council member to vote against the idea.
By Kitty O Neal, News 93.1 KFBK
May 3, 2021
CGA President & CEO Ron Fong
CGA President & CEO Ron Fong reflected on grocers, their employees and the role they played in providing essential services during the pandemic as well as current supplies and pricing. (7 minute interview)
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San Francisco: $5/hour COVID hazard pay for grocery, pharmacy workers March 12, 2021 9:39 AM CDT By Marilyn Bechtel
A grocery worker stocks produce before the opening of Gus s Community Market in San Francisco, March 2020. | Ben Margot / AP
San Francisco this week joined the growing number of Bay Area cities mandating hazard pay for grocery workers, when its Board of Supervisors on March 9 unanimously passed an emergency ordinance requiring large grocers and pharmacies to pay their workers an additional $5 per hour during the COVID-19 pandemic.