L.A. County approves 'hero pay' mandate of $5 an hour for grocery workers

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The $5 an hour pay boost for grocery workers in unincorporated L.A. County begins Friday. The L.A. City Council is to pass a similar measure Wednesday.

Few essential workers have been hit harder by the pandemic than grocery store workers, who worked all through the lockdown. Now as cases drop and vaccine supplies run low, these workers are unsure when they will get inoculated. Adding to the stress is a political battle over granting grocery workers “hero pay.”

Retailers will probably try to absorb the costs because they have to remain competitive, but they could close underperforming stores, which could include locations in smaller suburbs, low-income neighbors with high numbers of dollar stores, and in rural areas, said Neil Saunders, a retail analyst at GlobalData.

 

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The definition of hero sure has changed

Also approved, a $5 increase in your average grocery bill.

Good there out there on the front lines they need that extra even though all the groceries strokes going to do is pass the cost on to the consumer but still they deserve it rather then the suck asses that stayed in there homes and worked

Good luck trying to close all your stores in LA County, kroger 🖕🖕

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