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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMinnesota and Vermont Just Classified Grocery Clerks as Emergency Workers
Minnesota and Vermont Just Classified Grocery Clerks as Emergency Workers
Becky Dernbach
As the rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic closes schools across the country, more and more parents are juggling working from home with caring full-time for their children. But working from home isnt possible for emergency personnel like paramedics, nurses, and public health workers who are on the front lines of the fight against the virus. Some states and cities are providing child care for emergency workers so they can do their jobs.
Minnesota and Vermont have now officially designated another group of workers as emergency personnel: grocery clerks. This means the workers hurrying to stock shelves and check out customers in those states will also receive free child care.
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https://www.motherjones.com/coronavirus-updates/2020/03/minnesota-and-vermont-just-classified-grocery-clerks-as-emergency-workers/
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Minnesota and Vermont Just Classified Grocery Clerks as Emergency Workers (Original Post)
babylonsister
Mar 2020
OP
America's support infrastructure isn't made for idiots like Trump to run any parts of it.
uponit7771
Mar 2020
#2
In my part of MN, the grocers are all paying $2/hour above contract and in some cases paying
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2020
#5
Is this group child care, or individual care in your home or at another's home? . . .
Journeyman
Mar 2020
#6
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)1. K & R
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)2. America's support infrastructure isn't made for idiots like Trump to run any parts of it.
liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)3. They need to get hazard pay ASAP.
And when this is all over, we should all fight for a minimum wage that is a living wage.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,356 posts)5. In my part of MN, the grocers are all paying $2/hour above contract and in some cases paying
double time for OT instead of time and a half.
liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)8. That's great!
I hope every state adopts this.
Mister Ed
(5,940 posts)4. I'm damn proud of our MN Gov. Tim Walz (D, of course). n/t
Journeyman
(15,036 posts)6. Is this group child care, or individual care in your home or at another's home? . . .
Any one of these solutions sounds somewhat dicey.
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)7. That is so good. I did the job about 3 mo and for real, the bodily fluids they come in contact with
I so agree with this.
rownesheck
(2,343 posts)9. The company I work for
just bumped all hourly worker pay by $2 per hour through the end of April. Store managers will get a lump sum of $1000. That free child care sounds nice, though.