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Final Passage of Ordinance Amending the Alameda Municipal Code by Adding Section 4 61 (Grocery Worker Hazard Pay) to Require Large Grocery Stores in Alameda to Pay Employees an Additional Five Dollars ($5.00) per Hour in Hazard Pay during the Novel Coronavirus (COVID 19) Pandemic and to Include Enforcement of Emergency Hazard Pay to Grocery Employees.
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The staff report for this ordinance was included when the ordinance was introduced and is available at the following link:
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CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. ___
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URGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING SECTION 4-61 (GROCERY WORKER HAZARD PAY) TO REQUIRE LARGE GROCERY STORES IN ALAMEDA TO PAY EMPLOYEES AN ADDITIONAL FIVE DOLLARS ($5.00) PER HOUR IN HAZARD PAY DURING THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC AND TO INCLUDE THE ENFORCEMENT OF EMERGENCY HAZARD PAY TO GROCERY EMPLOYEES
WHEREAS, on March 19, 2020, the California State Public Health Officer, designated specific sectors and their workers, including grocery stores, as Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers ("essential workers") to ensure the "continuity of functions critical to public health and safety, as well as economic and national security;" and
WHEREAS, since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, grocery workers in the City of Alameda have continued to report to work and serve their communities, despite the ongoing hazards and danger of being exposed to and infected by the novel coronavirus, helping to ensure individuals throughout the City of Alameda have had access to the food they need during this pandemic; and
WHEREAS, grocery workers are not highly paid, and according to an August 2020
article in The Washington Post, at least 130 U.S. grocery workers have died from COVID-19, and more than 8,200 have tested positive for the virus; and
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