Mayor proposes $4 an hour hazard pay bump for Edmonds grocery store workers
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Edmonds Mayor Mike Nelson has proposed an ordinance that would require grocery stores with 500 or more employees statewide to provide their Edmonds employees with hazard pay of $4 per hour for each hour worked in Edmonds until Gov. Jay Inslee has...
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Debra Arthur writes:
Sounds fair and appropriate to me. The only thing I don't get is why the 500 employees only. Convenience stores around here...have people in and out all day. They serve and sell food. Often to those who can't afford or have no transportation to the BIG groceries. Apparently since they have been open and operating thru all of this, they too were and are considered Essential. Also the produce markets...more affordable. So I think all of them should get the 4$ bump in pay. That seems fair to me. And to end I say Thankyou so much to all our food suppliers for helping all of us so much. Risking your health is a sacrifice not everyone will make. Btw..Again. this comes out in this paper (which I like)..3 days before you have your meeting...Enough of the sneaky, nelson...Enough. Like I said I approve other than what I said...but I don't like hearing about it 3 days before...This must stop now....and this is why we need to clean house.
04/03/2021, 10:15 am