{"id":40717,"date":"2020-12-08T21:14:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T21:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?post_type=press_releases&p=40717"},"modified":"2020-12-09T17:39:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T17:39:32","slug":"ufcw-announces-covid-19-hazard-pay-deal-for-stater-bros-grocery-workers-in-california-as-surge-in-virus-cases-endangers-frontline-workers-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcw-announces-covid-19-hazard-pay-deal-for-stater-bros-grocery-workers-in-california-as-surge-in-virus-cases-endangers-frontline-workers-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Announces COVID-19 Hazard Pay Deal for Stater Bros. Grocery Workers in California As Surge in Virus Cases Endangers Frontline Workers Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Union for 1.3 Million Food and Retail Workers Continues Successful Push for Hazard Pay As COVID-19 Danger Increases in California<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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LOS ANGELES, CA<\/strong> \u2013 Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 which represents a total of 1.3 million food and retail workers<\/strong> \u2013 including over 141,000 California workers \u2013 announced a new agreement with Stater Bros. Markets<\/a> on hazard pay for 18,000 union grocery workers<\/strong> across 170 supermarkets<\/strong> in California. The deal recognizes the ongoing risks Stater Bros. workers have faced as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, temporarily reinstating the company’s $2 per hour hazard pay for its frontline workers as the dangerous surge of COVID-19 cases continues in California and nationwide. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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UFCW recently confirmed<\/a> there have been at least 109 grocery worker deaths<\/strong> and over 17,400 grocery workers infected or exposed<\/strong> since the pandemic began. Today\u2019s deal was reached by Stater Bros. workers, including members of UFCW Local Unions<\/strong> (8GS, 135, 324, 770, 1167, 1428, 1442)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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UFCW International President Marc Perrone released the following statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cCalifornia grocery workers have been on the frontlines since this pandemic began and continue to put themselves in harm\u2019s way to help families put food on the table during the holidays. This new UFCW agreement is a powerful victory for 18,000 Stater Bros. grocery workers in California. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cUFCW local unions worked with Stater Bros. to provide temporary hazard pay at the start of the pandemic and these courageous grocery workers have come together once more to reach a new agreement with Stater Bros. reinstating hazard pay as COVID-19 cases skyrocket across California. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cToday, UFCW workers are sending a powerful message to grocery chains across the country that this pandemic is far from over, and every CEO must do the right thing by providing the hazard pay that these brave essential workers have earned and deserve as the danger from COVID-19 continues.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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BACKGROUND<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Today\u2019s new UFCW agreement to provide hazard pay to Stater Bros. employees is another powerful victory for grocery workers and increases pressure on national grocery chains to do the right thing and provide additional hazard pay to their workers as they continue serving on the frontlines of the pandemic. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The agreement comes as Los Angeles County set the record<\/strong> this week for the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the United States<\/a> by county, totaling nearly 450,000 infections<\/strong>, with just over 7,900 deaths<\/strong>. Across the state, UFCW represents over 141,000 California workers<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Key Points on UFCW hazard pay deal for Stater Bros. grocery workers<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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