Irvine 市议会通过超市员工留任条例：门店易主须留任员工90天 11月12日生效
Irvine——位于加州橙县的Irvine市，Irvine 市议会10月13日通过《超市员工留任条例》（Grocery Worker Retention Ordinance），该法预计于11月12日生效。新规要求超市在门店出售易主后留任现有员工90天，且在此期间解雇员工须有正当理由。
该条例以加州现行州法为蓝本，但把保护范围扩大到面积较小的门店。推动立法的市议员 Kathleen Treseder 在一读时获得市长 Larry Agran 及议员 Melinda Liu、Betty Martinez Franco、William Go 的支持，条例最终在周二晚的市议会上经常规议程（Consent Agenda）通过。
食品与商业工人联合会第324分会（UFCW Local 324）主席 Jose Perez 表示：「这对工人来说是一场重大胜利。我们感谢 Irvine 市议会支持这项重要条例，为超市员工的权利站出来。」此次立法的直接背景之一，是区域连锁 Mother's Market & Kitchen 的员工组织行动：该连锁共12家门店、单店面积较小，其所有者 Mill Road Capital 已把公司挂牌出售。Mother's Market Irvine 店员工 David Shtilkind 说，他与同事一直在日益沉重的工作量中争取组织工会，而出售前景让他们对饭碗能否保住充满焦虑；他并提到 Costa Mesa 店有15名员工被解雇。
按条例，易主交易完成后，新雇主须在90天过渡期内留任原有员工、无正当理由不得解雇，以缓冲门店出售对一线员工生计的冲击。（GSM 据 UFCW Local 324 发布）
Irvine Adopts Grocery Worker Retention Ordinance: Stores Changing Owners Must Keep Workers 90 Days; Law Takes Effect Nov. 12
IRVINE — Irvine is a city in Orange County, California. The Irvine City Council adopted the Grocery Worker Retention Ordinance on Tuesday, October 13. The law is expected to take effect on November 12. It requires grocery companies to retain workers for 90 days after a store sale and requires just cause for terminations during that period.
The ordinance is modeled on existing California state law but extends protection to smaller-footprint stores. Councilmember Kathleen Treseder introduced the measure; at its first reading she was joined by Mayor Larry Agran and Councilmembers Melinda Liu, Betty Martinez Franco and William Go. The council approved it on the consent agenda at Tuesday night's meeting.
'This is a big win for workers,' said Jose Perez, president of UFCW Local 324. 'We are grateful to the Irvine City Council for standing up for grocery workers' rights by supporting this important ordinance.' Workers at Mother's Market & Kitchen, a regional 12-store chain of smaller stores, had organized in support of the ordinance. The chain's owner, Mill Road Capital, has put the company up for sale.
Mother's Market Irvine employee David Shtilkind said he and his coworkers have campaigned amid worsening conditions and growing anxiety about whether their jobs would survive a sale, pointing also to the firing of 15 workers in Costa Mesa. Under the ordinance, a new owner must keep existing employees through a 90-day transition and may not fire them without just cause. (GSM, based on the UFCW Local 324 release)
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