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– Stuart Green
Congressman Stephen F. Lynch, D-MA, Ayanna Pressley, D-MA, several other Congressmen sent a letter to Stop & Shop to urge the company to reinstate hazard pay for frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the coronavirus spread throughout the country earlier this year, Stop & Shop, based in Quincy, announced that the grocery store chain would provide a 10% pay increase for their hourly, frontline workers. The hazard pay was instituted to recognize and compensate workers for the additional risks they take on in their jobs during this public health crisis. The company discontinued the hazard pay as of July 4.
“While we appreciate that you began providing a 10% pay increase to Stop & Shop employees across New England in March to compensate them for the additional risk they take on as essential workers during this public health crisis, we are concerned that your decision to terminate this hazard pay while the threat of coronavirus continues strips your workers of compensation and recognition of the extra risk they currently encounter in their jobs,” the lawmakers wrote.
“Your workers are no less deserving of essential protections and hazard pay now than they were at the beginning of this pandemic,” the lawmakers wrote. “We ask that you consider the UFCW request for an extension of hazard pay for Stop & Shop employees.”
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