Councilmembers gave their initial approval for increased regulations that would protect grocery workers’ jobs if a store’s ownership changes hands.
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Santana: Battling For Orange County’s Working Class
A Labor Day look back at OC workers’ most recent job actions.
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Grocery Workers Across Southern California Prepared to Strike
UFCW Local 324 negotiations with Albertsons and Kroger’s trigger unfair labor practice claims and a potential strike.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
Disneyland Reopening Debate Intensifies Amid Threat of Layoffs
Gov. Newsom has yet to release theme park virus guidance despite hints that guidelines are coming “very soon” and as Disneyland is slated to sack nearly 6,000 workers.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Zinder: Enforceable Requirements Will Save Lives for Grocery Workers on the Frontlines
Essential workers and the customers they serve demand clear and consistent regulations that don’t vary from city to city or store to store. The particular guidelines that the Board of Supervisors established are thoughtful and reasonable. But the time for issuing guidelines is over. Too many people will get sick while we wait and hope that the industry will implement them. We need enforceable requirements, and we need them now.
Posted inEconomy, Emergencies & Disasters, Top Stories
Ralphs and Food for Less Workers Get $2 an Hour Raise, Puts Them on Par With Peers
Ralphs and Food for Less clerks are now getting the same temporary pay increase as grocery peers at other union-represented shops like Albertsons and Stater Bros, after the grocery union workers spoke out.
Posted inCountywide, Economy, Emergencies & Disasters, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Grocery Workers Plea for Virus Safety Measures as Clerks Deal With Crowded Stores
Grocery workers are demanding increased safety and sanitation measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus in their stores while they endure waves of customers filling the store and panic buying.
