Trader Joe's
Grocery store · Eastchester ·
Offers variety of signature items, produce, dairy, wine & beer
Offers variety of signature items, produce, dairy, wine & beer
"I've observed that staffers at Trader Joe’s have been calling for hazard pay for weeks; while management at several chains has supplied safety equipment like masks and gloves, calls for hazard pay have largely been overlooked. Governor Andrew Cuomo publicly urged Congress to include funding for hazard pay — proposing a 50 percent bonus for essential workers — and Senate Democrats have pushed for substantial federal relief for frontline workers. The issue feels urgent after several grocery workers nationwide have died from COVID-19, including a staffer at a Scarsdale outpost of Trader Joe’s, and with dining-in shutdowns driving more customers to stores, added protections and benefits are clearly needed." - Tanay Warerkar
"A grocery store in Scarsdale, New York temporarily closed after an employee with underlying health conditions died of COVID-19, prompting coworkers to be given time to process and grieve and highlighting the heightened risks faced by frontline grocery workers. Employees and a newly public organizing coalition say staff have been exposed to the virus often without adequate protections, paid sick leave, or hazard pay, and have reported inconsistent, store-level policies—ranging from slow or uneven closures after positive tests to managers allegedly discouraging masks or gloves so as not to alarm customers. Organizers demanded concrete measures including hazard pay at time-and-a-half, free testing, regular temperature checks, mandatory PPE, and two weeks paid precautionary quarantine for coworkers of infected employees; in response the company rolled out measures such as reduced hours, increased cleaning, plexiglass at registers, limits on shoppers, protective gear, posted COVID-related closures, up to two weeks additional paid leave for symptoms/quarantine, and a temporary $2/hour increase plus sales-based bonuses that many workers criticized as inadequate (reportedly $200–$300 in some cases). The pandemic has amplified longstanding labor tensions—past disciplinary actions over attitude or appearance, disputes over employee communication channels, and allegations of retaliatory firings for organizing or raising concerns—while company leadership has framed the union push as a distraction and pledged a vote if 30% of crew members request one. Workers say the company’s steps amount to too little, too late, and that only stronger, enforceable protections and compensation will address the immediate safety and economic risks they face." - Jenny G. Zhang
"At the Scarsdale, New York storefront, the chain recorded its first nationwide employee death from novel coronavirus: the employee, who reportedly had underlying health conditions, died early Monday morning. The store has temporarily closed its doors until Thursday, April 9; per Trader Joe’s policy, employees working in the store will continue to be paid during the closure and will receive two additional days of paid leave “to process and grieve,” according to a company spokesperson." - Luke Fortney
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