Target, Starbucks and Kroger—which owns grocery chains like Ralphs, are ending coronavirus-related pay bumps. Employees say it's a slap in the face; scores of grocery workers have died, & they feel they are still taking on great risk by reporting to work. https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-05-13/starbucks-gave-its-employees-a-reprieve-amid-the-pandemic-thats-ending-now
Workers said pay bumps weren't enough to begin with. “The $2 is insulting," one Whole Foods employee told me last month.
When I asked Whole Foods whether they would continue with the hourly increase, they said they wouldn't publicly disclose that yet. https://twitter.com/suhaunah/status/1246151735489396736?s=20
When I asked Whole Foods whether they would continue with the hourly increase, they said they wouldn't publicly disclose that yet. https://twitter.com/suhaunah/status/1246151735489396736?s=20