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Breaking NewsGrocery store workers in Edmonds will receive $4 an hour in hazard pay until Washington's state of emergency is lifted by Governor Jay Inslee.7:38 PM PDT April 8, 2021EDMONDS, Wash. — The Edmonds City Council voted Tuesday to approve hazard pay for grocery store workers in the city until Washington's state of emergency is lifted.&nbsp;The proposal was brought forward by Edmonds Mayor Mike Nelson. It gives a $4 per hour raise to grocery store workers within the city of Edmonds. The ordinance impacts grocery stores that employ 500 or more employees statewide. Nelson modeled the proposal after that passed earlier this year.&nbsp;Grocery stores are defined within the ordinance as businesses over 10,000 square feet which are primarily engaged in selling groceries, and businesses over 85,000 square feet with 30% or more of the sales floor dedicated to selling grocery items.&nbsp;Employees who work within non-public portions of grocery stores or in other buildings are exempt from the pay raise. The ordinance will also not increase the pay of workers already receiving hazard payments of $4 or more an hour.Four council members voted in favor of the ordinance, two council members abstained from voting and one council member voted no.&nbsp;Council members who voted in favor of the bill noted some grocery stores have made billions of dollars in profit during the pandemic while frontline employees risked increased exposure due to their work. &nbsp;&nbsp;"Basically as frontline workers' exposure risk increased, so did passive shareholders' profits," said councilmember Laura Johnson.&nbsp;"When you really really think about it it doesn't make sense for us not to pay these people some sort of hazard pay for what they're doing," said councilmember Fraley Monillas.&nbsp;Councilmember Vivian Olson, the lone no vote, said it wasn't the city's job to interfere with the wages private businesses are paying.&nbsp;"It's not the government's role to determine the salaries that businesses pay their employees," Olson said. &nbsp;Should the ordinance have passed with a supermajority, it would have gone into effect immediately. However, grocery stores in Edmonds now have 30 days from April 6 to institute the change.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Paid AdvertisementNotifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings.No ThanksAllow

Breaking NewsGrocery store workers in Edmonds will receive $4 an hour in hazard pay until Washington's state of emergency is lifted by Governor Jay Inslee.7:38 PM PDT April 8, 2021EDMONDS, Wash. — The Edmonds City Council voted Tuesday to approve hazard pay for grocery store workers in the city until Washington's state of emergency is lifted.&nbsp;The proposal was brought forward by Edmonds Mayor Mike Nelson. It gives a $4 per hour raise to grocery store workers within the city of Edmonds. The ordinance impacts grocery stores that employ 500 or more employees statewide. Nelson modeled the...

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