Dear fellow MoveOn member,

Kroger is the biggest supermarket company and runs grocery chains
including Ralph's, Harris Teeter, QFC, Smith's, Fred Meyer, and Dillons.
They have a presence in all of our communities, and now we need to show up
to support the workers who need paid sick leave.

The latest coronavirus relief package to pass Congress exempts large
corporations including Kroger and its hundreds of thousands of
employees.^1

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition demanding paid sick leave for all Kroger employees.

Kroger is a $26 billion company that responded to the coronavirus outbreak
by giving employees a $25 gift card to their stores. The workers there are
doing an amazing job supporting our communities despite this awful health
crisis. The least Kroger can do is ensure its employees have paid sick
leave.

[2]Sign Nandini's petition

As entire cities and states are seemingly shut down due to the
coronavirus, grocery stores remain open, and we all need to continue
putting money into our local economies. However, cashiers and workers
stocking shelves are among those on the front lines risking their health
to support our communities and earn their wages.

Reports have started to come in that Kroger employees are getting sick
from the coronavirus. But in the face of increased public criticism,
Kroger, a $26 billion corporation, is refusing to provide paid sick leave
for employees unless they have tested positive for COVID-19 or are placed
in mandatory quarantine by a medical professional.^2

Instead of taking a simple step of letting sick workers simply call in
sick, Kroger is refusing to use its enormous power to do the right thing
for workers.

Shockingly, Kroger's only real attempt to show workers any recognition is
offering them a $25 Kroger gift card for their hard work!^3

These are serious times. We must take action in solidarity with Kroger
workers and the millions of customers who will be put at risk if sick
workers are showing up sick while trying to earn a pay check.

Please sign and share this petition.

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your friends.

Thanks!

–Nandini Jammi

Sources:

1. "White House expresses support for immediate cash payments to Americans
as part of coronavirus stimulus package," The Washington Post, March 17,
2020
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2. "Supermarket Sick," Popular Information, March 15, 2020
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3. "Kroger Gives Workers Gift Card Money, Not Paid Leave For All, Amid
Coronavirus," HuffPost, March 17, 2020
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