The move to ban plastic bags at California grocery and other retail stores has fallen victim in the Legislature to labor's fight with nonunion stores like Walmart and the pending merger of Safeway and Albertsons. The union, fearing the consolidation will kill jobs, has been pushing the Legislature for a "retention bill" to help protect positions, or at least guarantee financial help to workers if they are laid off. "There's no enforcement mechanism to ensure the 10-cent fee stays at the local store and helps the local community," the union said in a letter to Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, D-San Diego. State Sen.
California Plastic-bag Ban Bill Hung Up In Labor Squabble
Phillip Matier And Andrew Ross, San Francisco Chronicle: Local
Wed, 08/27/2014 - 2:56am
Topics: california walmart safeway albertsons assembly speaker toni atkins d-san diego state sen alex padilla d-pacoima los angeles county november emergency services mark ghilarducci news mark fabiani texas gov rick perry democratic tom steyer legislature perry ban bill labor local manager change money fight climate stores include pushing cover union costs
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