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Redefining ‘essential’: How grocery retailers can harness opportunities and optimism in 2021

On the heels of a disruptive year, we are entering a new era of grocery…

adminMarch 3, 2021

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John Oliver on the US meatpacking industry: ‘Things are critical right now’

John Oliver has taken aim at the meatpacking industry in a fiery new episode of…

adminFebruary 24, 2021

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Supermarket workers feel alone and unrecognized over COVID-19: ‘Is today the day I get the virus?’

Adding to the stress is the growing political battle over granting grocery workers “hero pay,”…

adminFebruary 17, 2021

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An unexpected pitfall for some cities’ mandatory hazard pay for essential workers

Laura Fong: Last month, the Long Beach City Council, pointing to large chains not doing…

adminFebruary 17, 2021

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Grocery workers say COVID-19 has begun spreading more quickly

Grocery store workers are facing a greater risk of getting COVID-19 now than they were…

adminFebruary 10, 2021

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‘‘We Are Forgotten”: Grocery Workers Hope for Higher Pay and Vaccinations

It has been an exhausting 10 months for Toni Ward Sockwell, an assistant manager at…

adminFebruary 9, 2021

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Quebec grocery union, management work to untangle expected curfew complications

A union representing thousands of food-store employees was meeting with management Wednesday afternoon to figure…

adminJanuary 7, 2021

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Teamster workers call for improved COVID-19 safety at two Albertsons distribution centers

About 800 Teamsters members held protests this week at Albertsons Cos. distribution centers in Tolleson,…

adminJanuary 7, 2021

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UFCW Calls on Albertsons to Halt Effort to Eliminate Jobs of Essential Grocery Workers Vital to Food Access for Millions Amid COVID Surge

The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), which represents 1.3 million frontline workers…

adminJanuary 5, 2021

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The Trump administration approved faster line speeds at chicken plants. Those facilities are more likely to have covid-19 cases.

More than 60 percent of meat plant workers are Black, Latino, Asian American or Native American,…

adminJanuary 4, 2021

Redefining ‘essential’: How grocery retailers can harness opportunities and optimism in 2021

John Oliver on the US meatpacking industry: ‘Things are critical right now’

Supermarket workers feel alone and unrecognized over COVID-19: ‘Is today the day I get the virus?’

An unexpected pitfall for some cities’ mandatory hazard pay for essential workers

Grocery workers say COVID-19 has begun spreading more quickly

‘‘We Are Forgotten”: Grocery Workers Hope for Higher Pay and Vaccinations

Quebec grocery union, management work to untangle expected curfew complications

Teamster workers call for improved COVID-19 safety at two Albertsons distribution centers

UFCW Calls on Albertsons to Halt Effort to Eliminate Jobs of Essential Grocery Workers Vital to Food Access for Millions Amid COVID Surge

The Trump administration approved faster line speeds at chicken plants. Those facilities are more likely to have covid-19 cases.

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