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As CLUE, we educate, organize, and mobilize the faith community to accompany workers and their families in their struggle for good jobs, dignity, and justice. March 2, 2021 CLUEDear Santa Ana Mayor and City Council, b" My name is Michelle Seyler and I am the Executive Director of Clergy and Laity United for Clergy & Laity United Economic Justice (CLUE) in Orange County. for Economic Justice CLUE's community of faith leaders in Santa Ana and the county at large are very glad to Board see that Santa Ana is considering a Hazard Pay ordinance for our amazing grocery Rev. Gary Williams workers. We wholeheartedly SUPPORT and encourage the passage of Agenda Item 30. Saint Mark United Methodist Church Chair Mary Stancavage Since the beginning of the pandemic, our grocery workers have been on the frontlines, Meditation Coalition Chair risking the health and lives of themselves and their families, in order to keep us fed and Derek Smith UFCW axa Treasurer nourished in these unprecedented times. We need to care for these workers in the best T Rabbi Dr. Stephen J. Einstein congregation B,rai TZadek way we can. Secretary Vivian Rothstein Santa Monica CLUE Committee Chair of Personnel We know that when hired, most grocery workers were not expecting a job that Michael Soto NUHW endangers their lives. This is a critical difference between them and their fellow heroes in Chair of Development La MlkiaCastillo police and fire departments across the country. And yet we've seen our grocery workers Castillo Consulting Paltni Rev. Dr. Sarah Mae ati on-Cano ste u to this mighty task, despite the inadequate compensation provided b their Clurch Irvine United Congregational P P b' Y P q P P Y Griseld a Marlscal corporate employers. SEJU-UHW Rabbi Daniel Mehlman Temple Ner Tdmid Glynndana Shevlln Our community has pronounced them "heroes," but without truly acknowledging their Disney Worker, UNITE HERE 11 Bishop Mary Ann Swenson incredible sacrifices. We owe it to them to pass this ordinance in order to get them the United Methodist Church (Ret) Melissa McCarthy hazard pay they so deeply deserve. Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles Ali Tweini Teamsters Local 2010 Jennifer Gutierrez Over the last year, we've seen large grocery chains earn billions of dollars in profits, Museum of Social Justice Y b' b' Y Jahn Cager Ward African Methodist Episcopal benefitting from the increase in meals eaten at home. It has been exasperating to see Church large corporate grocery chains fail to honor their workers with the hazard pay they Staff deserve, while they spend billions of dollars in profits on self-serving stock buyback Michelle Soviet, J.D. Executive Director schemes. Jeremy Arnold Program Director Rev. Juan Carlos Durruthy In addition, we have seen Kroger and other chains use bullying tactics in an attempt to Faith -Rooted Organizer Lucero Garcia scare cities like ours from implementing similar hazard pay ordinances, by threatening Ashley Gatt organizer retaliation, layoffs, and lawsuits. Such threats will not scare us from doing the right thin Ashley Gonzales Y g g g• Faith -Rooted Jaimmnes Organizer David We cannot stand by while corporate greed threatens the livelihoods of the corporations' Faith -Rooted Organizer own employees. Pastor Cue JnMarie Faith -Rooted Organizer Riya Patel HR/Admin Manager My faith calls me to act with compassion towards my fellow humans and to take care of Adam Overton Faith -Rooted organizer others, especially in moments of crisis. It is vital in moments like these to put people over Guillermo Torres Director of Immigration the bottom line, and care for others as we would wish to be cared for. Jacki Weber Development Director 464 Lucas Ave #202 a Los Angeles, CA 90017 a 213-481-3740 a www.cluejustice.org a Printed in-house