Grocers Association Sues Oakland Over Grocery Worker Hazard Pay Mandate

CBS San Francisco

February 3, 2021

SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) — The move by the City of Oakland to mandate hazard pay for grocery store workers has prompted a lawsuit from an industry group.

The California Grocers Association on Wednesday filed suit against Oakland a day after Oakland city councilmembers voted to require large grocery stores to raise workers’ pay by $5 per hour. The ordinance was passed as an emergency ordinance, so it takes effect immediately.

The grocers association filed a similar lawsuit against the city of Montebello in Los Angeles, which voted for a $4 an hour increase for grocery workers.

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