The City Council on Tuesday guaranteed grocery workers their jobs for 90 days if store ownership flips, the latest in a flurry of new municipal labor laws.
The Grocery Worker Retention Act protects employees from being immediately let go by new owners, and gives unions a chance to keep those workers as members. It requires that employees be kept on for three months after a new owner takes over, with exceptions for downsizing.
But local grocery store owners say the new law is a government overreach that infringes on their freedom to hire the workers that best fit their needs.
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