August 09, 2021
With a union's help, Long Beach, California, dodged a lawsuit by a grocers' association challenging a city ordinance that bumped pay for frontline grocery store workers, as a federal judge agreed Monday to dismiss the case that had gone to the Ninth Circuit.
March 25, 2021
The city of Long Beach, California, on Wednesday urged a California federal court to toss the California Grocers Association's latest complaint in its challenge to the city's pandemic pay bump ordinance, pointing to the city of Seattle's recent victory over a similar suit in Washington federal court.
February 26, 2021
A Long Beach, California, ordinance granting a pay bump for frontline grocery store workers survived an attempt by grocers to block it, after a federal judge said the grocers hadn't shown they would succeed on their claims that the law was illegal.
February 23, 2021
A California federal judge appeared hesitant Tuesday to grant a preliminary injunction that would halt a Long Beach ordinance requiring grocery stores to pay workers a premium due to COVID-19, referencing during a video conference his own struggles to secure food and supplies during the early days of the pandemic.
February 10, 2021
A United Food and Commercial Workers International Union local asked a California federal court to let it intervene in a state grocers association's suit challenging a Long Beach wage hike due to the COVID-19 pandemic so that it can defend itself.
January 25, 2021
A Long Beach, California, city ordinance requiring that grocery stores pay workers a premium due to COVID-19 can stay in effect while a challenge from a grocers' association moves forward in California federal court, after a judge refused to block the requirement.
January 20, 2021
The California Grocers Association filed suit Wednesday against the City of Long Beach over a new ordinance that requires grocery stores to temporarily bump their workers' pay during the pandemic, arguing that the ordinance is unconstitutional and is preempted by the National Labor Relations Act.