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Amazon, Costco and UPS urged to ramp up coronavirus protections
A petition at Amazon’s Eastvale facility has 550 signatures from employees who insist protocols are lagging. → Read More
Ralphs shifts to $2 hourly raises instead of bonus for workers
The announcement, made jointly Wednesday, April 1 by parent company Kroger and the union that represents 22,000 of its California workers, came after the United Food and Commercial Workers criticiz… → Read More
Small businesses desperate for financial lifeline amid coronavirus crisis
Owners are laying off workers and looking for help to pay their bills. Success will ultimately come down to how long they are shuttered, one economist says. → Read More
Coronavirus help: $349 billion in loans coming this week for small businesses
The Paycheck Protection Program is part of the $2 trillion stimulus package and was designed to help small businesses meet payrolls and avoid layoffs. → Read More
Amazon fallout: Eastvale staff say company ignoring coronavirus safety
After a second worker is infected, workers and their families insist that policy and protocol are not being followed. → Read More
Status Update: AT&T, union deal includes raises for 4 years – San Bernardino Sun
Also in the news: Barons Markets became the latest grocer to install face shields at its cash registers to protect clerks from possible coronavirus exposure. → Read More
Region’s job growth likely wiped out by coronavirus, economists say – Press Enterprise
Chris Thornberg says the Southern California economy could see declines of 6% in the second quarter with even steeper losses in the region’s GDP by the third quarter. Just don’t call it… → Read More
Is your grocer stocked? Some supplies return as coronavirus quarantines continue
“I think the food distribution system was overrun by concerned shoppers,” said Dave Heylen, vice president for communications at the California Grocers Association, an industry trade gr… → Read More
Sneeze guards go up at grocery checkouts as UFCW petitions for coronavirus policy
UFCW is also working with Stater Bros. on putting up barriers, along with Rite Aid and other pharmacies with workers the union represents. → Read More
Survey: Inland economists seek input on businesses’ coronavirus issues
Business owners’ and other respondents’ concerns will be passed on to officials on the local, state and federal level. → Read More
Ralphs adding partitions to limit cashiers’ exposure to coronavirus
Albertsons is said to be doing the same, though the company has not confirmed news from a union boss. → Read More
Grocery union leader calls Ralphs’ coronavirus pay bonus ‘shameful’
in an open letter to Kroger, the parent company, UFCW calls bonuses ‘unacceptable’ → Read More
Status Update: SBA to aid local businesses during coronavirus crisis
The SBA program provides disaster assistance with loans of up to $2 million for qualifying businesses. → Read More
Stater Bros. bumps workers’ hourly rate $2 for four weeks – Orange County Register
“The spirit of the Stater Bros. ‘family’ has always been to do the right thing, for the right reason,” said Stater Bros. CEO Pete Van Helden said in a statement. → Read More
Vons, Albertsons, Pavilions workers get $2 hourly raise during coronavirus outbreak
The extra pay will reward workers who are putting in long and stressful hours to accommodate shoppers. → Read More
List: Cardenas, Ralphs join grocers open early for seniors amid coronavirus crush
Ontario-based Cardenas announced Wednesday it will open from 7 to 8 a.m. to give seniors an hour of crowd- and stress-free shopping. → Read More
Costco building region’s first business center store in Ontario
The store will be at the intersection of Haven Avenue and Guasti Road, close to Ontario International Airport. → Read More
Coronavirus exposes sick leave gap for retail, restaurant workers
Low-wage workers, unknowingly are in the early stages of a coronavirus infection, could skip a sick day because they can’t afford to lose a day’s wages. → Read More
Coronavirus fallout: Groceries cut store hours to help restock, clean
Extra hours when store is closed can be a big advantage for stores unloading trucks and → Read More
Status Update: Two shopping centers getting swim schools
Leases demonstrate that brokers are getting more creative ab out filling shopping space → Read More