Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan has vetoed the city council’s repeal of its grocery store hazard pay ordinance.
Mayor Durkan rejects calls to veto grocery store hazard pay
The original ordinance establishing an additional $4 an hour for the city’s grocery store workers was passed in February 2021, designed to provide added compensation for those working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, Seattle City Council voted to repeal the measure, days before concerns began to surface over a surge in COVID cases brought on by the omicron variant.
That surge was the primary reason Durkan cited for her veto.
“Now is not the time to roll
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