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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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Union says meatpacking workers should be vaccinated sooner

Hundreds of meatpacking workers have been vaccinated against the coronavirus but the union that represents…

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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All In: How Walmart, Albertsons and Target Are Accelerating Change

In grocery, companies large and small, global and regional—including Walmart, Target, Albertsons and PCC Community…

adminFebruary 11, 2021

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UFCW presses states to speed up vaccine access for grocery workers

States that are not already providing priority vaccine access to frontline food workers must act…

adminFebruary 11, 2021

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UFCW calls for expedited vaccine access, hazard pay for frontline food workers

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

adminFebruary 10, 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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U.S. Pharmacies Will Start to Get a Big Infusion of Vaccines

The federal government will send one million vaccine doses to about 6,500 retail pharmacies on…

adminFebruary 9, 2021

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U.S. is worst among developed nations for worker benefits

Americans have it worse than all other developed nations when it comes to benefits for…

adminFebruary 9, 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

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

Union says meatpacking workers should be vaccinated sooner

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

All In: How Walmart, Albertsons and Target Are Accelerating Change

UFCW presses states to speed up vaccine access for grocery workers

UFCW calls for expedited vaccine access, hazard pay for frontline food workers

Grocery workers say COVID-19 has begun spreading more quickly

U.S. Pharmacies Will Start to Get a Big Infusion of Vaccines

U.S. is worst among developed nations for worker benefits

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

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