News Aldi, Trader Joe’s and others will pay workers to get a vaccine A growing number of large US chains are offering their workers incentives to get Covid-19…adminJanuary 20, 2021
News Kroger Is Testing A New Smart Cart That Lets Shoppers Skip The Checkout Line Kroger is experimenting with a high-tech grocery cart that lets shoppers scan items as they…adminJanuary 20, 2021
News Gig Workers Are Employees. Start Treating Them That Way. One of the nation’s largest grocery chains, Albertsons, announced this month that it would replace…adminJanuary 19, 2021
News Tracking food industry priority for the COVID-19 vaccine As the United States rolls out COVID-19 vaccines, companies in the food, beverage and agribusiness…adminJanuary 19, 2021
News 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
News 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
News Grocers start administering COVID-19 vaccines to selected groups Grocery chains including Albertsons, H-E-B, Hy-Vee and Walmart have started administering COVID-19 vaccines to high-priority…adminJanuary 7, 2021
News Los Angeles County approves hero pay for grocery workers, relief for renters The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on several measures Tuesday to provide economic…adminJanuary 6, 2021
News Controversy Over Nebraska Meat Packing Plant Covid Vaccinations The Governor’s statement earlier this week that only people working legally in Nebraska meat packing…adminJanuary 6, 2021
News ‘Lazy,’ ‘Money-Oriented,’ ‘Single Mother’: How Union-Busting Firms Compile Dossiers on Employees A leaked internal “polling” spreadsheet from one of the country’s top union avoidance firms offers…adminJanuary 6, 2021