SEATTLE (AP) — The King County Council has approved $4 an hour pay raises for grocery workers in unincorporated areas of the county while the pandemic continues.
The legislation takes effect March 22 and will apply for workers at up to 10 stores. It will remain in place until the COVID-19 emergency ends.
Independently-owned stores in areas that are historically underserved will be exempt from the pay raises.
Similar laws have passed in Seattle and Burien, and grocery store workers in Sequim and Port Angeles have pressed their City Councils for similar so-called hazard pay.