
Kroger will close more stores over hazard pay laws for workers
Kroger will close two stores in Seattle over the city`s $4-an-hour hazard pay requirement for grocery workers, an escalation of the grocery chain`s push against newly-passed hazard pay laws growing on the West Coast. The company, the largest grocery chain in the United States, will close two of its QFC stores in April in response to Seattle`s hazard pay measure that requires grocery stores in the city that are bigger than 85,000 square feet to pay workers an extra $4 an hour in hazard pay. The law went into effect earlier this month. "Unfortunately, Seattle City Council didn`t consider that grocery stores — even in a pandemic — operate on razor-thin profit margins in a very competitive landscape," QFC said in a news release Tuesday.... ...more RSK: Uo oh. A few more dark large box stores in the neighborhood. Wouldn`t be easier for the powers to be to have grocery store workers be front-line workers and get the vaccine? Help the community as well. Of course, that does not give the State more income tax revenue now does it. Ken Notes:I love when government thinks they are helping and in the end contributes to unemployment...
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Kroger will close more stores over hazard pay laws for workers

Kroger will close two stores in Seattle over the city`s $4-an-hour hazard pay requirement for grocery workers, an escalation of the grocery chain`s push against newly-passed hazard pay laws growing on the West Coast.

The company, the largest grocery chain in the United States, will close two of its QFC stores in April in response to Seattle`s hazard pay measure that requires grocery stores in the city that are bigger than 85,000 square feet to pay workers an extra $4 an hour in hazard pay. The law went into effect earlier this month.

"Unfortunately, Seattle City Council didn`t consider that grocery stores — even in a pandemic — operate on razor-thin profit margins in a very competitive landscape," QFC said in a news release Tuesday....
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RSK: Uo oh. A few more dark large box stores in the neighborhood. Wouldn`t be easier for the powers to be to have grocery store workers be front-line workers and get the vaccine? Help the community as well. Of course, that does not give the State more income tax revenue now does it.

Ken Notes:I love when government thinks they are helping and in the end contributes to unemployment...

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