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Council asks city manager to study staffing and operational standards for self‑checkout after months of worker testimony
Summary
The council directed the city manager to evaluate options to require staffing and operational standards for self‑checkout operations in grocery and drug stores and to return with a report (requested in 60 days); item seeks measures to reduce retail theft and improve worker and customer safety.
After extensive public comment from grocery workers, unions, business representatives and residents, the City Council directed the city manager to study options for labor and operational standards for self‑checkout lanes in grocery and drug stores and to return to council with recommended approaches.
Councilmember Mary Zendejas introduced the “Safer Stores” request, joined by Vice Mayor Yuranga and Councilmember Thrash Ntuk. The motion asks the city manager to evaluate options for establishing labor standards…
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