Seattle City Council delays lifting hazard pay for grocery employees
In a Seattle City Council briefing on Aug. 9, Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda delayed a vote on an amendment to legislation— passed Jan. 25 of this year— which secured hazard pay for Seattle frontline grocery workers.
The amendment would have lifted the hazard pay requirement in the legislation while keeping aspects of it intact, such as certain safety requirements.
The vote is now scheduled to take place on Sept. 13, at the earliest.
In the briefing, Mosqueda made it clear that the legislation was not intended to provide hazard pay in perpetuity. It was intended to secure hazard pay as frontline grocery store workers encounter health and safety risks brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/seattle-city-council-delays-lifting-hazard-pay-for-grocery-employees/ar-AAN7CHF
