For Immediate Release – UFCW LOCAL 7 STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEACEFUL PROTESTORS AND DEMANDS JUSTICE AND EQUALITY FOR ALL AMERICANS – June 3, 2020
For Immediate Release – COVID-19 OUTBREAK AT MISSION FOODS PLANT IN PUEBLO, CO WITH SIX CONFIRMED CASES; WORKERS TOLD PAY TO BE WITHHELD IF THEY STAY HOME AWAITING TEST RESULTS – June 2, 2020
For Immediate Release – UNION LOSES ANOTHER MEMBER TO COVID-19 FROM JBS PLANT IN GREELEY, CO – May 17, 2020
For Immediate Release – ANOTHER KROGER GROCERY WORKER DIES FROM COVID-19, YET KROGER REFUSES TO IMPROVE STORE SAFETY MEASURES AND CUTS HERO PAY – May 17, 2020
For Immediate Release – KROGER DISREGARDS DANGERS ESSENTIAL GROCERY WORKERS FACE. STRIPS ‘HERO PAY’ AS COVID-19 CONTINUES TO SPREAD & KROGER’S PROFITS SOAR – May 15, 2020
For Immediate Release – UFCW 7 THANKS ALBERTSONS AND SAFEWAY STORES FOR EXTENDING HERO PAY FOR ESSENTIAL GROCERY WORKERS – May 15, 2020
For Immediate Release – KROGER CEO RECEIVES 21% COMPENSATION INCREASE, WHILE GROCER ENDS $2/HR BONUS FOR FRONTLINE ESSENTIAL WORKERS – May 13, 2020
For Immediate Release – GROCERY STORE UNIONS CALL ON KROGER TO CEASE PLANS TO CUT HERO PAY FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, IMPROVE SAFETY IN STORES – May 7, 2020
For Immediate Release – ANOTHER JBS PLANT WORKER IN GREELEY, COLORADO LOST TO COVID-19; TOTAL OF 280 POSITIVE CASES -May 6, 2020
For Immediate Release – ON INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ DAY, UFCW LOCAL 7 STANDS WITH UNREPRESENTED GROCERY WORKERS DURING THE MAY DAY STRIKE – May 1, 2020
For Immediate Release – UNION LOSES ANOTHER MEMBER TO COVID-19, AS POSITIVE CASES DOUBLE AT THE GREELEY JBS PLANT – April 30, 2020
For Immediate Release – UFCW LOCAL 7 OF COLORADO: PRESIDENT TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER WON’T PROTECT THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN IF IT DOESN’T PROTECT WORKERS – April 28, 2020
For Immediate Release – ANOTHER LOCAL 7 MEMBER DIES TODAY AS JBS THREATENS LEGAL ACTION AGAINST UNION FOR ENSURING SAFETY OF ITS WORKERS AT GREELEY PLANT – April 26, 2020
For Immediate Release – UFCW LOCAL 7 ESTABLISHES ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00) COVID-19 EMERGENCY HARDSHIP FUND – March 24, 2020
Updated 6/5/2020
Kim Cordova Mentions:
El Nuevo Dia: Latino grocery stores are a focus of Colorado coronavirus spread
(AP Repost)
June 4, 2020
UFCW Mentions:
Des Moines Register: ‘A serious mistake’: Union president criticizes Tyson Foods over attendance policy
Updated 6/4/2020
Kim Cordova Mentions:
Yahoo Noticias (Translated): Latino Food Stores, Focus of Coronavirus Spread in Colorado
UFCW Mentions:
Workers’s World: Workers unite to fight racism, cops, pandemic
Updated 6/3/2020
Kroger Mentions:
NW Labor Press: Heroes no longer? Fred Meyer ends hero pay
Fox Business: Hazard pay cuts: Essential coronavirus front-line workers speak out
Mission Mentions:
Pueblo Chieftain: Coronavirus outbreak at Mission Foods
NBC Southern Colorado KOAA 5 : COVID-19 outbreak at Pueblo food plant
AB Pueblo (KKTV): Outbreak at Pueblo food facility; multiple employees test positive for COVID-19
Fox 21 Pueblo: Coronavirus outbreak reported at Mission Foods plant in Pueblo Count
JBS Mentions:
Washington Post: As coronavirus took jobs or workers fell ill, teen children have toiled full-time,
Des Moines Register: Tyson: 815 workers at Iowa plants — 591 in Storm Lake and 224 in Council Bluffs — tested positive for COVID-19
UFCW Mentions:
Newsweek: 25 Percent Of Staff Test Positive For Coronavirus At Iowa Tyson Foods Plant, Production Resuming On Wednesday
Winnipeg Free Press: Pallister announces one-time bonus payment for low-wage front-line workers
Updated 6/2/2020
Kroger Mentions:
Texas Observer: ‘Heroes’ No More: Grocers Are Already Clawing Back COVID-19 Worker Benefits
Troy Media: Grocers move away from ‘hero pay’ model for staff
Mission Foods Mentions:
Civil Eats: The Pandemic Isn’t Easing Up, but Frontline Food Workers Are Already Losing
Univision: “Nos da miedo ir a trabajar”: los preocupantes contagios en empacadoras de carne y tortillerías de California
JBS Mentions:
Bloomberg Law: Meatpackers Test Boundaries of Anonymity in Covid-19 Lawsuits
Politico: As meatpacking plants reopen, workers terrified of coronavirus risk
UFCW Mentions:
Live Kindly: Meat Industry Labor Leader: ‘Liives Are Worth More Than A Ham Sandwich’
Food Dive: Calls to close Smithfield’s Farmer John plant escalate amid outbreak
Virginian Pilot: Regional stores are reopening in phases
Journal Inquirer (Manchester, CT): Stop & Shop extends bonus pay to July 4
WWLP (Chicopee, MA): UFCW Union to hold food drive for front-line workers
FarmForum: Producers and food workers call for better worker protections at meatpacking plants
Talk Business Net: COVID-19 cases up almost 10% over the weekend; Tyson Foods expands worker testing
Broadcast:
Newstalk 610 CKTB at 6/2/2020 6:49:24 AM
CTV News London on CTV Two London (CFPL)
Newshour on Aljazeera English
Updated 6/1/2020
Kim Cordova Mentions:
Longview News-Journal: Meat industry is trying to get back to normal, but workers are still getting sick
Wikipedia Entry: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the meat industry in the United States
Kroger Mentions:
NPR: As ‘Hero’ Pay Ends, Essential Workers Wonder What They Are Worth
WCPO: Kroger, Walmart closed early in anticipation of continued protests
Dallas News: Development near downtown Dallas will include a new Kroger store
WLKY: Kroger announces new senior, at-risk shopping hours
JBS Mentions:
Politico Pro: As meatpacking plants reopen, workers terrified of coronavirus risk
Souderton Independent: No new coronavirus cases at JBS Souderton since meat packer reopened
UFCW Mentions:
Politico Morning Shift: Safety
DCist: For Local Giant Employees, Reopening Means An End To Hazard Pay Increases
Grocery Dive: Stop & Shop extends 10% pay increase
NBC 12 (VA): Following months of workplace complaints, Northam proposes on-the-job safety rules for COVID-19
Broadcast:
Fox 4 Morning News at 6am on WFTX-FTM (FOX)
Good Morning Texas Weekend on KXXV-WAC (ABC)
Updated 5/29/2020
Kroger Mentions:
USA Today: ‘I’m working to survive, not to live.’ Essential workers face pay gaps during the pandemic
Coral Murphy:
Indianapolis Recorder: Not all frontline workers work in hospitals. Meet grocery store butcher Juan Ruffin
Progressive Grocer: Stop & Shop Extends Pandemic Pay Increase
Huffington Post: More Grocery Chains Are Ending Hazard Pay Even As The Pandemic Continues
JBS Mentions:
Merco Pres: Spread of coronavirus threatening Brazilian slaughterhouses
Independent: $4 raise at JBS expires Sunday
UFCW Mentions:
Reuters: Los Angeles Union, Joined by ‘Pandemic Pig,’ Demands Meatpacking Plant Closure
Consumer Affairs: Tyson shuts down another slaughterhouse after employees test positive for COVID-19
NBC Sioux Falls: UFCW union calls for better safety measures for meatpacking workers
Consumer Affairs: Tyson shuts down another slaughterhouse after employees test positive for COVID-19
Grocery Dive: Stop & Shop extends 10% pay increase
ABC 7 (New York): Stop and Shop extends 10% pay bump for hourly workers
EcoWatch: Tyson Pork Plant Closes After More Than 20% of Workers Test Positive for COVID-19
The Pig Site: US union demands closure of LA meat processing plant
Broadcast:
Montana This Morning on KBZK (CBS)
Interview with Kim about Kroger Hero pay.
KCBA Monterey Morning News (Fox)
Segment on UFCW’s calls for more protective measures for workers.
Social Media:
Brian Kabateck – LA Based Consumer Rights Attorney
After 153 positive COVID-19 cases, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770 is asking for the Farmer John meatpacking plant in Vernon to close down and maintain employee payroll and benefits while the outbreak is investigated. ow.ly/dGSS50zU2gl
Dave Jamieson — HuffPost Labor Reporter
An Albertsons spokesperson tells me they will be extending the $2/hr hazard pay at their chains (Albertsons, Safeway, Vons and others) through June 13. Hazard pay at some other companies is set to end this weekend (Giant, Whole Foods, Amazon) The UFCW represents many but not all workers in Albertsons holdings. This is a case where the union making a stink about hazard pay benefits workers in all the chains, union and non-union alike.
Updated 5/28/2020
Kim Cordova Mentions:
[Colorado Sun Repost] Montrose Press: As Colorado businesses reopen, coronavirus-related workers’ compensation claims are piling up
Kroger Mentions:
Westword: COVID-19 Update: New Outbreaks at Amazon, Stevinson Toyota
New Haven Register: Supermarket chain extends pandemic pay to July for CT workers
Patch Atlanta: Kroger To Begin ‘Thank You’ Pay; Workers Want Hazard Pay Back
WSB Atlanta: Kroger employees fighting for return of hazard pay for grocery workers
JBS Mentions:
NBC News 9: Here are the grocery stores, restaurants and other facilities with COVID-19 outbreaks in Colorado
UFCW Mentions:
Baltimore Sun: Union calls on Giant Food to extend workers hazard pay
Patch Connecticut: Coronavirus Pay Rate Extended At Stop & Shop
CBS Boston: Stop & Shop Extends 10% Pay Raise For Workers Through July 4th
Broadcast:
7 News at 11 AM on KMGH-DEN (ABC)
Kim Cordova interview on Kroger Hero Pay and benefits
2News Works For You Midday on KJRH (NBC)
Kim Cordova interview on Kroger Hero Pay and benefits
WXMI Grand Rapids Coronavirus Daily Rundown (FOX)
Kim Cordova interview on Kroger Hero Pay and benefits
WEVV Evansville – CBS News in the Morning (CBS)
Interview with anonymous Kroger workers about hero pay.
Social Media:
Hilda Solis — LA County Supervisor
Everyone needs nutritious food to stay healthy in this pandemic. I am working to make sure no one goes to bed hungry at night. Thank you @LAFoodBank, @LIUNA Local 300, @UFCW Local 1428, El Proyecto del Barrio, @LALabor and @cityofazusa for organizing today’s food distribution!
Chris Walker — CBC Journalist
Up next at 7:10 am on @CBCKelowna: Save-On-Foods, owned by BC’s richest person, cuts $2/hr pandemic pay during pandemic, offering staff grocery discounts instead.UFCW union says it’s “shocked,” starts letter writing campaign calling on company to reconsider.
Greg Harper — City TV Journalist
Union representing thousands of B.C. grocery workers says decision from Save On Foods to end pandemic premium pay for its employees is “irresponsible” and “unfair.” According to UFCW, the premium ends on Saturday. @BT_Vancouver @CityNewsVAN @NEWS1130
Updated 5/27/20
Kim Cordova Mentions:
Colorado Sun: As Colorado businesses reopen, coronavirus-related workers’ compensation claims are piling up
Kroger Mentions:
WJHL Kroger: Three associates test positive for coronavirus at store in Knoxville
WISHTV: Kroger holding last two days of free COVID testing
WVLT (Knoxville, TN): 3 employees positive for COVID-19 at Cedar Bluff Kroger
UFCW Mentions:
Los Angeles Times: ‘What the heck is going on?’ County supervisors demand answers on Vernon coronavirus outbreaks
ABC Denver (KATC): Hazard pay is ending for many essential workers despite ongoing hazard they face
LAist: Number Of Farmer John Coronavirus Cases Continues To Grow
Tri City News: Union in ‘shock’ as Save-On-Foods ends pandemic pay boost for workers
Broadcast:
MSNBC – MSNBC Live With Hallie Jackson
Segment on coronavirus outbreaks at meatpacking plants in LA. Includes a clip of Cordova speaking.
ABC Phoenix (KNVX) – Coronavirus: The Rundown
Segment on groups opposing the end of Hazard pay at kroger stores.
CBS Corpus Christi (KZTV) – Coronavirus: The Rundown
Cordova interview about risk to frontline workers
CW Denver (KWGN) – Daybreak News
Scandals in meatpacking in Colorado, including price fixing and outbreaks of COVID-19.
Social Media:
MSNBC
John Grant, UFCW Local 770 president, discusses coronavirus infections and deaths after outbreaks at meat processing plants.”A ham sandwich is not that valuable.”
Ayman Mohyeldin – MSNBC Anchor
John Grant, UFCW Local 770 president, joined me to discuss what it’s like speaking to families who have lost someone to coronavirus after outbreaks at meat processing plants.
Updated 5/22/2020 – 5/26/2020
Kim Cordova Mentions:
Washington Post: The meat industry is trying to get back to normal. But workers are still getting sick — and shortages may get worse.
[Reposted: Times-Union, Beaumont Enterprise, The Telegraph]
Fox Denver (KDVR 31): Second employee at King Soopers in Capitol Hill dies of COVID-19 complications
Noticias: Second King Soopers Employee Dies From Covid-19 In Denver (Translated)
JBS Mentions:
Bloomberg: Scared and sick, U.S. meat workers crowd into reopened plants
The New York Times: As Meatpacking Plants Reopen, Data About Worker Illness Remains Elusive
The Greeley Tribune: Who’s watching the plant? JBS oversight responsibilities seem murky as case counts, deaths climb
[ AP Repost] Fox13: Worker shortage concerns loom in immigrant-heavy meatpacking
Kroger Mentions:
Buzzfeed: “I Am Only Earning $300 A Week”: Here’s What People Are Making For Essential Work
Mother Jones: Grocery Workers May Be Called “Heroes,” But Their “Hero Pay” Is Disappearing
Denver Post: The coronavirus pandemic is widening the chasm between Colorado’s haves and have-nots
NPR: Grocery Workers Union Estimates 3,257 Members Infected With Coronavirus
CO Gazette: 2nd employee at Colorado King Soopers store died from COVID-19, union says
Sentinel News: Kroger, union differ on Hero Pay
World Socialist: More US grocery workers die from COVID-19
Denverite: Coworker of deceased King Soopers employee worries stores are still too crowded
CBS 4 Denver: Another COVID-19 Positive King Soopers Employee Who Worked In Denver Dies
Commercial Appeal: New COVID-19 case at Kroger Memphis warehouse after company ends hazard pay
UFCW Mentions:
North West Signal: Pay, protection sought for ‘essential’ workers
Commercial Appeal: In first area labor election since start of pandemic, food processing workers join UFCW
Broadcast:
MSNBC – Morning Joe May 26, 2020
Segment on the impact industry wide in the meatpacking industry, and on grocery workers. Interview with UFCW international president.
CNN – John King
Segment on case numbers and workers who have tested positively, focus on union in LA demanding plants closing after 150 workers test positive.
CNN – Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto
Segment detailing meat prices going up as the processing plants continue to be hot spots.
JBS:
7 News Now Saturday AM on KMGH-DEN (ABC)
NBC 9 Denver – KUSA News 9 (NBC)
ABC World News Tonight With David Muir
Clip on general cases in plants and hot spot situation, food price increase
UFCW/King Soopers:
CBS4 News at 6PM on KCNC-DEN (CBS)
FOX 31 Denver News at 10 PM on KDVR-DEN (FOX)
Today in LA KNBC- LA (NBC)
Social Media:
Raphael Warnock – GA Senate Candidate
Grocery store employees and all of our front line workers put themselves at risk everyday during this crisis to help us care for our families and communities.
I stand with @UFCW in their call for fair wages and proper protection for these essential workers.
Dick Durbin – Senate minority Whip
PART ONE of my conversation with Marc Perrone, President of @UFCW, about the importance of protecting workers & consumers from #COVID19.
PART TWO of my conversation with Marc Perrone, President of @UFCW, about the importance of protecting workers & consumers from #COVID19.
Bree Davis – Denver TV Anchor
Then why are your employees dying? And why would you end “hero pay” instead of just making pay raises permanent? Let us know when a Kroger exec’s bonus is only $400. Because $400 is all FT frontline workers are given- and that barely covers 1/3 of someone’s rent in #Colorado.
His name was James McKay. He worked at the Cap Hill King Soopers in #Denver, where his coworker Randy Narvaez also died from #covid19.It is clear that the execs at @kroger are not taking this seriously.
KOAA News5
A second employee at a Denver King Soopers has died from complications related to the novel coronavirus. He was believed to be one of the first cases reported at that store.
23ABC News
NATIONAL: Second King Soopers employee from Denver store dies of COVID-19, union says
Fox31 Denver KDVR
Seventy King Soopers and Kroger employees—in Colorado—have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a union rep with United Food and Commercial Workers #7.
Denver7 News
A second employee at the King Soopers in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood has died from complications related to the novel coronavirus, union officials said Monday. The store is dealing with 11 reported cases of the new virus. https://bit.ly/2TCMd5e #COVID19Colorado
Supermarket News
SN Top 10: The latest news on coronavirus impact from @kroger @AldiUSA @Walmart @StaterBrosMkts @UFCW #Amazon http://ow.ly/XRnn50zQlrk @SN_news #coronavirusgrocery #supermarketnews
Updated 5/21/20
Kim Cordova Mentions:
The Hill: Unions worry Congress is one step closer to a liability shield
JBS Mentions:
Greeley Tribune: Growth in deaths from Colorado’s coronavirus outbreaks shows signs of leveling off; JBS no longer statewide outbreak leader
KDVR 31 Fox (Denver, CO): Colorado health officials adjust data, reduce number of COVID-19 cases at JBS plant to 264
Kroger Mentions:
NY Post: Kroger markets to stop extra pay to crisis workers
HuffPost: Kroger Workers Rip Grocer For Ending ‘Hero Pay’ During Pandemic
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Kroger is expanding its hours, expiring senior shopping hours this weekend
Buzzfeed: Harris Teeter Won’t Tell Employees What Their Temperature Is During New Health Screenings
Detroit Free Press: Grocery employees say they work in fear, want hazard pay to continue
USA Today: ‘No worker’s life is worth my getting a cheaper hamburger’: Biden urges protections in meatpacking plants
13 WMAZ: Kroger changes store and fuel center hours starting May 24
Fox Denver (KDVR 31): Colorado health officials adjust data, reduce number of COVID-19 cases at JBS plant to 264
UFCW Mentions:
Supermarket News: Grocery workers ‘not facing fewer hazards,’ UFCW says
WDRB: Union wants Kroger, other grocers to require masks for customers
NBC Denver (COVID-19. Outbreaks Have Been Confirmed at These 10 Colorado Grocery Stores
Broadcast:
MSNBC – Rachel Maddow
Weld County Department of Health testing form
KWGN (CW) Denver – Daybreak News
Worker death reporting at JBS Greeley
CNN International – Connecting the World
UFCW push to extendhero pay, PPE requirements
NBC Denver (KUSA) – News in the AM
Increased COVID cases among grocery store workers
CBS Grand Junction (KREX ) – News at Noon
Kroger ending hero pay
KTVD News 9 Denver – 9News in the AM
Worker death reporting at JBS Greeley
WNYC – FM Radio 3:00PM
UFCW push to extend hero pay.
Social Media:
The Hill – Media Outlet
Unions worry Congress is one step closer to a liability shield http://hill.cm/2ogKgO6
Sarah Riggs Amico – GA Senate Candidate
With more than 15,000 COVID-19 infections and 60 deaths within meatpacking plants, it’s well past time that we do more for our frontline meat and poultry workers.
We need common-sense measures passed to #ProtectAllWorkers now. @UFCW @RWDSU #1u
Jesse Rodriguez – Director of Booking MSNBC
Weld Co., CO form for meatpacking plant workers – obtained by @maddow: If you’ve been exposed to someone who has fever or respiratory symptoms, you are not eligible to be tested.
Suraj Patel, Congressional Candidate
America’s grocery workers are risking, and losing, their lives to keep our country fed. We have tragically lost at least 68 grocery store workers like Leilani Jordan. And that’s an undercount. I stand with @UFCW workers seeking job safety measures and ongoing hazard pay.
Updated 5/20/20
Kim Cordova Mentions:
ABC Tallahassee (WTXL 27): 11 employees at a single Denver grocery store have contracted COVID-19, 2 have died
Tin Aye/Randy Mentions:
Daily Mail: Grandmother, 60, who was eighth worker to die of COVID-19 at JBS meatpacking plant in Colorado was told she just had a cold and ordered to keep working, her daughter claims
Kroger Mentions:
Salon: Kroger abandons demand that employees return extra COVID-19 pay – here’s what happened
Food & Wine: Kroger Backtracks on Asking for Excess ‘Hero Pay’ to Be Returned
Cincinnati Enquirer: Bernie Sanders blasts Kroger CEO’s pay as ‘disgusting’
ABC Cincinnati (WCPO 9): Kroger lets workers keep extra ‘Hero Pay’ after company sent collection letters
TooFab: Kroger Swiftly U-Turns After Letter Demanding ‘Hero Pay’ Back Goes Viral
Fox Cincinnati: Kroger letting workers keep excess pandemic payments made in error
[Repost: Columbus Dispatch]
WDRB: Union wants Kroger, other grocers to require masks for customers
Social Media:
Fatameh Fakhraie – founder of Muslimah Media Watch
Don’t use #marketing to thank your employees if your house isn’t clean.
Another example: “thank you to our workers” ads from Fred Meyer on Spotify—they include a tacky promotion after the ad and are running while @kroger ends hazard pay.
Cristina Tzintun Ramirez – former US Senate Candidate
Essential means we pay essential workers what they deserve and give them the full protection they need. Thank you’s won’t pay the bills or be enough for these workers risking their lives for all of US! @UFCW
Updated 5/19/20
Kim Cordova Mentions:
The Patch: King Soopers Grocery Worker Dies From Coronavirus In Denver
Telemundo Denver: COVID-19 dies in Hispanic employee of King Soopers in Denver
ABC Denver (ABC 7): Denver King Soopers worker dies of COVID-19; same store has had 11 cases, officials say
[Reposted: CBS Va (WTKR 3)
CBS Denver (CBS 4): King Soopers Employee Who Worked In Denver Dies From Coronavirus
[Reposted: Denver Gazette]
NBC Denver (NBC 9): 2 more essential workers die from COVID-19 in Colorado
Democracy Now: 60-Year-Old Burmese Refugee Becomes Eighth COVID-19 Victim at Colorado Meat Plant
KKTV: Union reports 8th COVID-19 death at Colorado meatpacking plant
Daily Beast: JBS Meat Plant Clinic Told Eighth COVID-19 Victim She Had a ‘Normal Cold,’ Daughter Says
Fort Morgan Times: Eighth JBS Greeley worker dies amid coronavirus outbreak at meat plant
Kroger Mentions:
Buzzfeed: Harris Teeter Won’t Tell Employees What Their Temperature Is During New Health Screenings
PopCulture.com: Kroger Appears to Ask Workers to Return ‘Overpaid’ Emergency Pay
Cincinnati Enquirer: Oops: Kroger overpaid some workers and demanded repayment, now says ‘nevermind’
CBS News: Some grocery workers “scared to death” to return to work
GQ: Companies Are Quietly Pulling the Plug on “Hero Pay” for Essential Workers
Business Insider: Target extends it $2-an-hour coronavirus wage hike days after Amazon is slammed for taking away ‘hero pay
Houston Chronicle: Kroger gives $130 million in ‘Thank You Pay’ to associates and extends COVID-19 Emergency Leave
Fox Memphis (Fox 13): Kroger announces “Thank You Pay” for frontline hourly workers
Channel 3000: ‘We think Kroger should be leading’: Union pushes for grocery store chain to restore ‘hero pay’
Post and Courier: Uber announces more layoffs; Harris Teeter parent Kroger ends hazard pay, adds bonuses
Decatur Herald & Review: Kroger dedicates $130 million to employees bonuses
NBC Colorado Spring: Colorado coronavirus latest May 19: 2 more essential workers die from COVID-19 in Colorado
UFCW Mentions:
NY Mag: The Coronavirus Class War
Wrights Grocery Business: UFCW Calls Ending Extra Pay for Grocery Workers ‘Unconscionable’
KKTV Colorado Springs: Union reports Denver King Soopers employee died from COVID-19, asks that customers be required to wear masks
Broadcast:
7 News at 11 AM on KMGH-DEN (ABC)
Story of Tin Aye and Randy.
9News at 7am on KTVD (MyTV)
Story of Tin Aye and Randy , interview with Kim Cordova on importance of worker safety.
11 News at 6 AM on KKTV (CBS)
Story of Tin Aye and Randy , interview with Kim Cordova on importance of worker safety.
CBS4 This Morning-6AM on KCNC-DEN (CBS)
Story of Tin Aye and Randy , interview with Kim Cordova on importance of worker safety.
KUSA-DEN (NBC)
Story of Tin Aye and Randy , interview with Kim Cordova on importance of worker safety.
KCNC-DEN (CBS)
Story of Tin Aye and Randy , interview with Kim Cordova on importance of worker safety.
CNN with Poppy Harlow
Connect the World on CNN International (US)
Social Media:
Andrew Romanoff – Candidate for US Senate
Heartbreaking, especially because so many of these deaths are preventable. Grocery workers are begging their customers to wear masks. Is that too much to ask? To protect ourselves & the people who are keeping us from going hungry?
I stand with @UFCW_7. Every life is essential.
Poppy Harlow – CNN Anchor
Remembering Tin Aye who died this weekend after contracting #COVID19 — she worked at the JBS Greeley meat plant in Colorado. She was a mother, wife, and newly a grandmother who came to the U.S. in 2007 in search of a better life. She was just 60 years old.
Jillian Freeland – Candidate for Congress
An 8th JBS worker in Greeley has passed too. We have to work to protect people, not profits. These deaths were preventable, but greed got in the way. We have to do better.
Dianne Gallagher – CNN
Learn more about Tin Aye here: https://cnn.com/2020/05/18/us/jbs-employee-dies/index.html
Rob Low – KDVR
King Soopers to test all workers at Capitol Hill grocery store after 51-yr old employee Randy Narvaez dies from COVID-19. Doctors tried plasma & Remdesivir but neither worked. 11 of Randy’s co-workers in quarantine after testing positive #kdvr
KROGER ON SOCIAL:
Stephanie Ruhle – MSNBC Anchor
I am sorry….. WHAT Tell me I am reading this wrong… A company sitting on $2bn in cash, Doing more business than ever, Is asking employees to return some of the extra pay they received?
Sleeping Giants – Activism Organization
This is disgusting, @kroger.
Your CEO is just about to get a massive raise.
cc: @JuddLegum
Jamira Burley – Activist
I’m disgusted @kroger
Ilan ben Meir – Former Buzzfeed Reporter
Boycott Kroger. Let ‘em know right out the gate that we won’t stand for this kind of shit, or other big corporations are sure to follow
Linda Sarsour – Civil Rights Activist and Organizer
Are you kidding me @kroger?
Joe Gross – Journalist
Completely unacceptable @kroger
Updated 5/18/20
Kim Cordova Mentions:
El Globo: In the US, Latinos with Covid-19 are pressured to work in the meat industry (Translated)
The Denver Channel: Denver King Soopers worker dies of COVID-19; same store has had 12 cases, union says
Kroger Mentions:
Georgia Public Broadcasting: Kroger Offers Employee Bonus After Grocery Union Criticizes Cutting Of ‘Hero Pay’
CBS Denver: Kroger Ends ‘Hero Pay’ For King Soopers, City Market Employees
JBS/Tin Aye Mentions:
Denver Post: Eighth JBS Greeley worker dies amid coronavirus outbreak at meat plant
Fox Business: Texas meat plant city becomes coronavirus hot spot amid increased testing
Greeley Tribune: Eighth JBS worker dies amid coronavirus outbreak at Greeley plant
Terra: Alemanha registra quarto surto de covid-19 em frigoríficos
Broadcast Mentions:
KCFR-FM
NBC News: Weekend Today at 7
CNN Newsroom Live on CNN International (US)
9News at Noon on KUSA-DEN (NBC)
FOX 31 Denver News at 11AM on KDVR-DEN (FOX)
CBS This Morning on CBS Denver (KCNC-DEN)
ABC AM News – ABC 7 Denver
Social Mentions:
Rep. Diana De Gette
So sad to hear that Tin Aye, a Colorado meatpacking worker, and Randy Narvaez, a King Soopers employee, have both died from coronavirus.
My heart is with their families and @UFCW community during this tragic time. We can’t go on like this. Workers need stronger protections NOW!
Rob Sheridan @rob_sheridan
The onslaught of @kroger TV/radio ads saying “thank you for the long hours” to its workers has been sickening. Those ads are expensive. They’re not the “thanks” workers need. Great work here by Popular Information in a small but significant step in holding Kroger accountable:
Tony Kovaleski @TonyKovaleski
BREAKING- Denver7 has confirmed the 8th death of a JBS Greeley Slaughterhouse employee of Covid-19 related complications. @DenverChannel
Dianne Gallagher @DianneG
Tin Aye’s daughter says in early March a JBS health clinic told her mother she had flu/cold symptoms & could return to work
“If this is true, it would be a clear violation of our culture & procedures,” a JBS spox told CNN earlier this month.
CBS Denver
Tin Aye, A JBS Employee And New Grandmother, Dies From Coronavirus
Updated 5/16/20 & 5/17/20
Kim Cordova Mentions:
Fox Denver (KDVR 31): Employee at King Soopers in Capitol Hill dies of COVID-19
Westword: COVID-19: New King Soopers Death, but No Change in Mask Rule
Kroger Mentions:
Today: After protests, Kroger will issue ‘thank you pay’ to front-line workers
VOX: Essential workers are losing their hazard pay even though the hazard isn’t over
Fox Business: America’s largest grocery union blasts Kroger for ending ‘hero’ pay
Associated Press: Kroger announces new bonuses after cutting hazard pay
[Reposted: WFFT Fort Wayne, IN, News Journal Cincinnati, ABC News]
WTRF (Cincinnati, OH): Kroger announces $130 million ‘Thank You Pay’ bonus for employees
[Reposted: Our Quad Cities]
Eater: Kroger Offers Employees ‘Thank You’ Bonus After Receiving Criticism for Ending Hero Pay
NY Daily News: Kroger backtracks, will continue extra pay through mid-June amid coronavirus
MLive (Michigan): Kroger swaps $2 per hour ‘Hero Pay’ raise for frontline workers for one-time bonus
WRDW (Atlanta, GA): Kroger gives $400 bonuses to full-timers, hires more than 7,800 in region
CNN: Weekend beach crowds show what Memorial Day might look like (Excerpted)
[Reposted: WRDR GA, WAPT MS]
JBS/Tin Aye Mentions:
CNN: A refugee and new grandmother was the eighth employee at a Colorado meat packing plant to die from coronavirus
CNN Reposts: WKTV
CBS 4 (Denver, CO): Tin Aye, A JBS Employee And New Grandmother, Dies From Coronavirus
UFCW Mentions:
Skanner: Union Criticises Supermarket Chains for Ending Emergency Pay
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Social Media:
Davie Jamieson @Jamieson
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Incredibly sad: The 8th JBS worker to die from coronavirus was Tin Aye. She had just become a grandmother after her daughter gave emergency birth while COVID19 positive, according to
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@UFCW_7. Aye went on a ventilator right after her grandchild’s birth. From the union
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Aye‘s daughter, San Twin, told CNN that a JBS company doctor told her mother she likely had the flu or common cold and could return to work at the plant. cnn.com/2020/05/18/us/jbs-employee-dies/index.html
Dianne Gallagher – CNN
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Tin Aye wanted a better life for her children, away from the refugee camp in Thailand where they were born. She came to USA in 2007 & worked at the JBS plant in Greeley, CO. Tin Aye died Sunday from #covid19 She never got to meet her new grandson
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As @jerharlanCNN points out in this article, Tin Aye is now the EIGHTH employee from the JBS beef plant in Greeley Colorado to die. She had been in the hospital and on a ventilator since March 29th, one day after her first grandson, Felix, was born.
Magdalene Visaggio @MagsVisaggs
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As Kroger cuts “hero pay” because essential workers just aren’t worth the money, as Bezos does the same, as delivery drivers and restaurant workers trudge into work at risk of their own lives and dont even get a decent wage
Updated 5/15/20
Kim Cordova Mentions:
Greeley Tribune: JBS, Pilgrim’s Pride earmark $200M for COVID relief
Westword: COVID-19 and Colorado Grocery Workers: 64 Cases, Seven Deaths
NBC Decatur (WAND 7): Union fighting end to Kroger’s ‘Hero Pay’
Counter Punch: One Pound Capitalism, a Pinch of Democracy and Keep On Keepin’ On
[Reposted: LA Progressive]
Kroger Mentions:
Vice: Because I Work at Kroger, So Why Do I Feel Disposable?
The Wall Street Journal: Coronavirus to Slow U.S. Meat Production for Months, CEO Says
Click On Detroit: ‘Slap in the face’: Michigan lawmakers want Kroger to extend workers’ $2 raise beyond this weekend
WSBT 22: Kroger gives ‘Thank You Pay’ bonus to hourly associates for working during pandemic
Memphis Commercial Appeal: Stripped of hazard pay, Kroger workers challenge company’s ‘return to normal
UFCW Mentions:
TeenVouge: Coronavirus Spreading in Meat Plants Puts Workers’ Lives at Risk
Supermarket News: UFCW calls for grocers to extend COVID-19 emergency pay plans
Wall Street Journal: Coronavirus to Slow U.S. Meat Production for Months, CEO Says Head of the biggest U.S. beef producer says JBS is revamping operations
Supermarket News: UFCW calls for grocers to extend COVID-19 emergency pay plans
Broadcast:
NPR (WBUR): Here & Now: Coronavirus Plagues America’s Meatpacking Industry
Jeremy Hobson
May 14, 2020
Thousands of workers at meatpacking plants have tested positive for the coronavirus, as states and companies have been slow to test and release data.
Host Jeremy Hobson talks to Kim Cordova, who heads up the United Food and Commercial Workers union branch in Colorado and Wyoming which represents thousands of food processing employees.
NBC Colorado Springs (KOAA): NBC Colorado Springs News 5 at 6PM
May 14, 2020
Interview with anonymous UFCW Member
One News Page: Kroger To End Coronavirus ‘Hero Pay’ (Video)
May 15, 2020
Kroger announced it hired 100,000 workers since March, as grocery store demands surge amid the coronavirus pandemic.
They’ve reportedly spent $700 million in associate pay, including its ‘Hero’ bonus of $2 per hour.
However, Kroger said the bonus will end in May and that has sparked outrage among the staff.
NPR: Grocery Store Chain Kroger Is Planning To End ‘Hero Pay’
Social Media:
Ezra Kaplan – NBC
Buried in this announcement is the confirmation that Kroger is ending hero pay for hourly employees. It will instead give one-time “Thank You Pay” to qualified workers.
NPR Business
Grocery Store Chain Kroger Is Planning To End ‘Hero Pay’
Judd Legum – Popular Mechanics
UPDATE:
@Kroger, which planned to eliminate its $2/hour “hero bonus” on Sunday, has announced that it will pay full-time workers a $400 bonus This is the equivalent of extending the “hero bonus” for 5 weeks.
https://popular.info/p/update-krogers-21-million-man
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This isn’t everything @kroger workers DESERVE.
But ACCOUNTABILITY JOURNALISM and PUBLIC SCRUTINY made a difference.
And there is still so much work to do.
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Kroger will pay part-time workers $200.
Importantly, it will also continue its expanded paid sick leave policy that it put in place after public pressure in March.
https://t.co/wBCH7pt6XC?amp=1
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For those looking for confirmation, here is a link to Kroger’s press release.
https://t.co/40gu4CvRaK?amp=1
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@slpng_giants organized a letter writing campaign targeting Kroger execs which had a big role in prompting this change
Updated 5/14/2020
Kim Cordova Mentions:
Harvard Law School: Rethinking Essential: Business, Work, and Human Rights in the Covid-19 Pandemic
ABC Denver (ABC 7): King Soopers worker pleads for grocery store to mandate masks for customers
Market Watch: Kroger has hired 100,000 workers since March, will end bonus pay mid-May
Kroger Mentions:
WTHR: Kroger to stop offering ‘hero bonus’ for employees, unions ask it be continued
Fox Business: Kroger ending coronavirus ‘hero pay’ for workers Sunday
Salon: Kroger still plans to slash employees’ “hero pay” after another grocery worker dies of coronavirus
Bloomberg: Essential Workers Are Losing Their ‘Hazard Pay’ Even As the Pandemic Rages On
[Reposted: Time]
Chicago Tribune: Extra pay for many essential workers is expiring, even as COVID-19 deaths mount. Labor groups fight to keep ‘hero pay.’
[Reposted: MSN]
NBC Portland (KGW 8): Front-line workers to lose coronavirus ‘Hero Bonus’ pay from Fred Meyer
CBS Columbus (WBNS TV 10): Kroger ending $2 an hour “hero pay” bonus for workers
Retail Wire: Should grocers keep paying their associates like heroes?
Yahoo Finance: Kroger ending coronavirus ‘hero pay’ for workers Sunday
CBS Milwaukee (WDJT 58): Kroger’s end to Hero Pay will affect thousands of grocery workers in Milwaukee area
Cincinnati Biz Journal: Kroger employees at Cincinnati store test positive for coronavirus – Cincinnati Business Courier
UFCW Mentions:
Salon: “What are you hiding?”: Nebraska stops releasing coronavirus data from meat plants after cases spike
Meat & Poultry: Plaintiffs in price-fixing case ask for judicial notice of Trump executive order
Bloomberg: Fourth USDA Inspector Dies From Virus Amid Meat Plant Outbreaks
Broadcast:
WBUR (Radio): Coronavirus Plagues America’s Meatpacking Industry
Social Media:
Human Rights Institute
Thank you @ARamasastry @UWSchoolofLaw, Alison Kiehl Friedman @theICAR, Kim Cordova @UFCW, Janhavi Dave @hnsa_2016, Aminta Ossom @Harvard_Law for a dynamic discussion on protecting workers’ rights during the crisis. Another #covid19justice event coming up:
Human Rights Program
Thank you to #RethinkingEssential #COVID19Justice panelists @ARamasastry @UWSchoolofLaw, Alison Kiehl Friedman @theICAR, Kim Cordova @UFCW_7, Janhavi Dave @hnsa_2016, Aminta Ossom @Harvard_Law for important interventions on behalf of workers’ rights
ICAR
HAPPENING NOW: “Rethinking Essential: Business, Work, and Human Rights” & COVID-19 #covid19justice:
— @ARamasastry @UWSchoolofLaw
— Alison Friedman @theICAR
— Kim Cordova @UFCW_7
— Janhavi Dave @hnsa_2016
— Aminta Ossom @HarvardLawHRP
https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j/155632333 p-w 200022
Gender&SexualityLaw
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Kim Cordova: In our meat processing plant, all of the workers but one were Latino and one was Burmese. They were all over 60yo as well. This pandemic has had a detrimental impact on people in those groups. I think that has something to do with the response from these employers.
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Kim Cordova: “The most important and critical part of the food supply chain is the workforce. You are seeing people dying in these industries, and it’s because the response by most of these employers was late or inadequate.” #covid19justice
Center for Human Rights
Today 12:10 ET #covid19justice: @ARamasastry @UWSchoolofLaw, Alison Kiehl @theICAR, Kim Cordova @UFCW_7, Janhavi Dave @hnsa_2016, Aminta Ossom @HarvardLawHRP: “Rethinking Essential: Business, Work, and HumanRights in the Covid-19 Pandemic.” https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j/155632333 p-w 200022
University of Dayton Human Rights
Today 12:10 ET #covid19justice: @ARamasastry @UWSchoolofLaw, Alison Kiehl @theICAR, Kim Cordova @UFCW_7, Janhavi Dave @hnsa_2016, Aminta Ossom @HarvardLawHRP: “Rethinking Essential: Business, Work, and Human Rights in the Covid-19 Pandemic.” https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j/155632333
Updated 5/13/20
Kim Cordova Mentions:
CBS Denver (CBS 4): Colorado King Soopers Union Demands To Keep ‘Hero Pay’ As Positive Cases Increase
CGTN: Coronavirus crisis shines new light on U.S. food processing plants
Kroger Mentions:
Fox News: Kroger to end ‘Hero Pay’ coronavirus bonus, as workers’ union fights back
WAVY 10: Kroger to end ‘hero pay’ for essential employees; local workers frustrated
Cincinnati Enquirer: Kroger to wind down ‘hero’ pay; union urges to keep ‘for as long as we face a global pandemic’
LA Times: Grocery stores and coffee chains gave workers hazard pay. Now they’re taking it back.
WDRB: Kroger to end ‘Hero Pay’ coronavirus bonus, as workers’ union fights back
UFCW Mentions:
Motley Fool: Workers Are Dying at Meatpacking Plants, and Investors Need to Take Note
Bloomberg: U.S. Meat-Plant Changes Signal End of the 99-Cent Chicken
[Reposted: Financial Post, Regina Leader-Post]
WFPL: ‘Will It Be Enough?’: Meatpacking Workers Fear For Safety As Coronavirus Cases Mount
Axios: “Disposable workers” doing essential jobs
LA Times: Grocery stores, coffee shops halt coronavirus hazard pay
Broadcast:
ABC (WIRC 8): Kroger’s ‘Hero Pay’ ending soon as Virginia nears reopening
Updated 5/12/2020
Kim Cordova Mentions:
Fox Denver (KDVR 31): JBS meat plant begins testing all workers for COVID-19
Kroger Mentions:
Motley Fool: Why Kroger Is in Talks With Unions About Its Hourly Hero Bonus
CBS: Kroger ending $2 an hour “hero pay” bonus for workers
Spokesman-Review: Grocery union seeks to extend hourly ‘hero pay’ bonus
CBS Knoxville (WVLT 8): Kroger ends $2 ‘hero pay’ bonus for employees
CBS Dallas Fort-Worth (CBS 11DFW) Kroger Grocery Stores Ending $2 An Hour “Hero Pay” Bonus For Workers
Meat & Poultry: Ag Secretary praises reopening of meatpacking plants
UFCW Mentions:
The Print: US sees Covid spread twice as fast in areas where major meatpacking plants have reopened
ABC Harrisonburg (WHSV 3): Union calls on Kroger to extend Hero Bonus ‘until the end of this crisis’
The Pig Site: Meatpacking union opposes reopening of US pork plants
Spokesman: Grocery union seeks to extend hourly ‘hero pay’ bonus
Local12: Kroger ends $2 an hour ‘hero pay’ for employees
WHSV: Union calls on Kroger to extend Hero Bonus ‘until the end of this crisis’
Broadcast:
World Today on CGTN News
KTLA (WB) – Los Angeles – KTLA 5 Morning News at 11
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University of Dayton Human Rights
Thurs. May 14, #covid19justice series, join @ARamasastry @UWSchoolofLaw, Alison Kiehl @theICAR, Kim Cordova @UFCW_7, Janhavi Dave @hnsa_2016, Aminta Ossom @HarvardLawHRP: “Rethinking Essential: Business, Work, and Human Rights in the Covid-19 Pandemic.” http://tinyurl.com/covid19justiceseries
Updated 5/11/2020
Kim Cordova Mentions:
NPR/PBS New Mexico (KRWG): How Can Meatpacking Plants Adapt To The Threat Of COVID-19?
EHN: The push to relax COVID-19 protections exposes age-old racial wounds
Reuters: As U.S. meat workers fall sick and supplies dwindle, exports to China soar
Fox Denver (KDVR 31): Daughter says ailing mom was told to return to work at JBS despite COVID-19 symptoms
Market Watch: County health chief quits after coronavirus crisis at Colorado meatpacking plant
Bloomberg Reposts: Daily Item, Lincoln Journal Star, Columbian
Kroger Mentions:
ABC Cincinnati (WCPO 9): Kroger to end pandemic ‘hero bonus’ for workers in mid-May
Ark Times: What Kroger giveth, Kroger taketh away. No more ‘hero pay’
Biz Journal: Kroger negotiating with unions about end date for ‘hero pay’ – Cincinnati Business Courier
UFCW Mentions:
Healthline: How You Can Help Protect the Health of Grocery Workers During COVID-19
Politico: USDA to send fatter checks to farmers – POLITICO
Radio Canada International: Another Cargill meat plant shuts down because of COVID-19
Press Citizen: West Liberty turkey plant to furlough workers due to COVID-19 fallout
Social Media:
Judd Legum
@kroger CEO Rodney McMullen is paid $12 million per year Sales at his stores are boomingMultiple Kroger workers have died of COVID-19 But, as the pandemic rages, McMullen plans to rescind its $2/hour “hero bonus” for hourly employees in six days
JamiDave Jamieson
“Kroger will be eliminating the $2 per hour ‘hero pay’ for grocery workers on May 17, per the @UFCW. So we’re going to see these rather small hazard pay premiums start disappearing soon. I’m pretty sure there will still be a deadly virus around though.”
Judd Legum
“”Kroger-owned grocery stores across the West, including stores in Colorado, will eliminate ‘Hero Pay’ for grocery workers starting May 17.” “Hero Pay” is what Kroger called paying employees $2 more per hour https://t.co/ELDh4j31Ty“
Judd Legum
@kroger’s executives are making a bet The bet is that most people won’t notice or care that they are cutting pay for hourly workers by $2 during a pandemic Why are they risking it? Reducing labor costs could earn the execs millions in bonuses
https://t.co/ZFz9EZ1qug?amp=1
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UPDATE: @Kroger tweeting this message to dozens of customers. Pretty much a non sequitur. No actual explanation of why they need to cut pay for hourly workers in the middle of a pandemic
Updated 5/8/2020
Kim Cordova Mentions:
NY Mag: Workers Are No Longer Heroes, Kroger Concludes
Fox Denver (KDVR 31): Kroger plans to eliminate ‘Hero Pay’ for grocery workers, UFCW Local Unions respond
Myscoop: Kroger Plans To Abolish ‘hero Pay’ For Food Workers, Ufcw Local Associations Respond
NBC News: These are the most dangerous jobs you can have in the age of coronavirus
CBS Denver: Kroger Plans To End $2/Hour ‘Hero Pay’ Increase May 17
Colorado Sun: Colorado’s governor says state can still shut meatpacking plants down as union calls for protections
UCSUSA: The Push to Relax COVID-19 Protections Exposes Age-Old Racial Wounds
Univision: Empleada de una planta procesadora de carne lucha por su vida conectada a un respirador artificial
CBS 4 Denver: Family Says JBS Worker With Coronavirus Went To Work With Symptoms After Negative Test
NBC Kennewick (KNDO 23): Unions Push Back on Kroger Notice to Eliminate Hero Pay
Seattle Times: Supermarket chains begin terminating ‘hero’ pay to workers during pandemic
CBS Denver: Kroger Plans To End $2/Hour ‘Hero Pay’ Increase May 17
Patriot LA: Kroger to Eliminate `Hero Pay’ Bonus for Employees Working During Pandemic
Fox Phoenix (Fox 10): Kroger to discontinue ‘Hero Pay’ bonus for employees working during pandemic
The Skanner: Unions Call On Kroger To Cease Plans To Eliminate Hero Pay For Essential Workers
Denver Post: Two JBS Greeley employees say they were fired after staying home sick during coronavirus pandemic
Loveland Reporter Herald: Two JBS Greeley Employees Say they were fired after staying home sick during coronavirus pandemic
Daily Camera: Two JBS Greeley employees say they were fired after staying home sick during coronavirus pandemic
Broadcast:
5/8/2020
CNN – Brooke Baldwin
CNN New Day – Tammy and Ann Day
5/7/2020
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CBS Evening News
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CNN Newsroom – Brooke Baldwin
“Companies have treated them — and our own President is treating them — as disposable objects, and they’re not.” Kim Cordova, president of a union that represents 30,000 meat-plant workers, says that employees need protection and paid sick leave. https://cnn.it/3du4FEG
CNN
“Companies have treated them — and our own President is treating them — as disposable objects, and they’re not.” Kim Cordova, president of a union that represents 30,000 meat-plant workers, says that employees need protection and paid sick leave. http://cnn.it/3du4FEG
Updated 5/7/2020
Kim Cordova Mentions:
Food & Wine:Is Meat Essential? Why Keeping America’s Processing Plants Open Is Causing Controversy
Westword: COVID-19: Rachel Maddow Crushes Greeley’s JBS Plant After 7th Death
KQ2: Restaurant Owners Attributing Price Increases On Meat To Drop In Labor At Meat Processing Plants
Food and Wine: America’s Meat Factories Deal With Outbreaks and Closures While the Government Demands a Return to Normal
Occupational Health and Safety: Businesses Begin to Open, and So Do Worker Safety Lawsuits
La Oferta: COVID-19 deaths, infections and absenteeism rise in Colorado refrigerator
Fox31 Denver: State attorneys general ask Justice Department to investigate meat prices
Telemundo Denver: Continúan muertes por COVID-19 en la procesadora de carnes JBS de Greeley
UFCW Mentions:
The New York Times: Opinion If Trump Wants Meat Plants Open, He Should Protect Their Workers
Hot Air: It’s Time: Tyson Reopens Meat Processing Plant In Iowa
JBS Mentions: