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Publix offers 225,000 workers $125 gift cards to get vaccinated

Publix offers 225,000 workers $125 gift cards to get vaccinated
BY KATE GIBSON

FEBRUARY 19, 2021 / 5:39 PM / MONEYWATCH


Publix on Friday said it would give a $125 Publix gift card to each of its more than 225,000 employees who gets vaccinated against COVID-19. The supermarket chain is the latest major employer to offer an enticement to its workers to immunize themselves against a virus that's killed more than 495,000Americans.

The gift cards are being offered to current employees who submit an internal form and proof of vaccination, the Lakeland, Florida-based company said. Publix said it's encouraging but not requiring workers to get vaccinated.

We care about our associates and customers and believe getting vaccinated can help us take one step closer to getting back to normal," Publix CEO Todd Jones stated in a news release. "We're encouraging our associates to get vaccinated when they become eligible and doses are available."


Publix operates 1,266 stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, along with nine distribution centers and 11 manufacturing facilities.

No access for many
Despite the incentives, getting vaccinated may be easier said than done for the nation's 3 million grocery workers as they are not at the front of the line when it comes to prioritizing who gets vaccinated. Only 13 states — California, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia — have started inoculating supermarket employees, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers, which represents 800,000 U.S. grocery workers.

"Essential workers in grocery stores and meatpacking plants are not being prioritized for vaccine access in many states and continue to face delays that further endanger their health," Marc Perrone, the union's international president said in a statement. "Simply put, the failures in early vaccine distribution under the past administration have left millions of Americans and essential workers defenseless."

There have been 137 grocery worker deaths due to COVID-19, according to the UFCW, and over 30,100 grocery workers have been infected or exposed.

Carrots instead of sticks
The move by Publix comes two days after Tyson Foods — the nation's largest poultry producer — offered its 12,000 workers up to four hours of regular pay if they are vaccinated outside their regular shift or through an external source. Others offering up to four hours of extra pay for getting the shots include Aldi, Darden Restaurants, Dollar General, McDonald's and Target.

Target, with 350,000 workers, also said it would cover Lyft rides of up to $15 each way to get to and from vaccination appointments.


Yogurt maker Chobani is paying workers for up to six hours to get inoculated, while Amtrak is spending $3 million to give employees the equivalent of two hours of extra pay once they show they've been vaccinated.

Kroger, the nation's largest supermarket chain, and meat-processing company JBS are both offering workers $100 to get vaccinated. Lidl, which runs 125 grocery stores in nine states, is offering $200 to employees who get the vaccine; Petco is offering its 26,000 workers $75 and grocery delivery service Instacart is offering $25.


The idea of giving potentially reluctant employees a financial incentive to get vaccinated also extends to the medical industry. In Texas, Houston Methodist plans to give its 26,000 workers an extra $500 next month so long as they're vaccinated.

Employers generally can require workers get vaccinated, as they must ensure a safe workplace in which "an individual shall not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of individuals in the workplace," according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

First published on February 19, 2021 / 5:39 PM

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Care about their employees but cant give them hero pay...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/12/grocery-workers-coronavirus/

Also they have all this extra money to entice people but cant give them a decent living? Thats how much they think of people.
 
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Who the hell wants a gift card to their own job? Also, many people are making minimum wage at many of the places that are offering 4 hours of extra pay, wtf they gonna do with an extra $30-$40?
 

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That gift card should've been something that could be used everywhere, if they really wanted to give an incentive.
 

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Publix needs to do better. Some companies are paying their employees $500 to take the vaccine.
 

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...Despite the incentives, getting vaccinated may be easier said than done for the nation's 3 million grocery workers as they are not at the front of the line when it comes to prioritizing who gets vaccinated. Only 13 states — California, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia — have started inoculating supermarket employees, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers, which represents 800,000 U.S. grocery workers.

This makes it sound to me that union members in those states are getting vaccinated, and non-union workers can go pound sand.
 
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I’m trying to figure how and why they came up with the number $125. Why not a more round number like $100 or $150? Or just a flat $200. I don’t understand their rationale behind that awkward $125 lol
 

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You tripping. You know how many chicken tender subs that buys?? :sneaky:

I'm heading straight to the bakery to spend it all on a couple of them birthday cakes. I'm convinced they put the same crack Chick Fil a uses for that lemonade.

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I was happy for those people with the $125 until I read yalls comments.

LSA is NEVER happy with FREE money!!! :arrogant

Here I am....retired.....gonna get my shot.....and, nobody is gonna pay me a penny!

Wish I had a job now! :ROFLMAO:

This reminds back in the day when I got a free day off to donate blood! Hell yah! Extended weekend! See yah on Tuesday, b!tches!
 

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$125!? And only to the store they already work at?

Does this store not offer employee discounts? I wonder if Publix has Dead Peasant insurance on their employees. I know Walmart got exposed for this about a decade ago. If they do, then they should pay more than $125 to their employees. Especially, if they have insurance to to collect money off their employees' death.
 

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this morning nbc news reported “vaccine shortages due to delivery delays...”. I’m like how TF can there be a shortage for something nobody wants??? Lmao. I felt the desperation in that story and I loved it. People are waking up, I can feel it.
 

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I guess they can use that for the food they gonna need while missing work from the side effects!

A vaccine so in demand that you have to coerce people to take it in the middle of a "deadly pandemic."

Make it make sense!
 

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Why such a small amount? This is how you know that they are really trying to push this vaccine for nefarious purposes. I have never seen them pay people for a flu shot. If they are really want to get people to take it they will need a greater incentive than a $125 gift card.
 

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Why such a small amount? This is how you know that they are really trying to push this vaccine for nefarious purposes. I have never seen them pay people for a flu shot. If they are really want to get people to take it they will need a greater incentive than a $125 gift card.
Its an example of medical experimentation on poor people. Dangling a carrot stick over their heads in order to get them to participate in clinical trials for an UNLICENSED, EXPERIMENTAL mRNA injection. Humanity has a NATURAL instinct to survive. The fact that this injection is free and people STILL don't want it should tell them to back tf off but nah they got to coerce these poor people with chump change which is highly unethical.
 

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Who the hell wants a gift card to their own job? Also, many people are making minimum wage at many of the places that are offering 4 hours of extra pay, wtf they gonna do with an extra $30-$40?
They don’t want to give them anything, that’s for time missed at work to go make it happen.
 

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Also, many people are making minimum wage at many of the places that are offering 4 hours of extra pay, wtf they gonna do with an extra $30-$40?
Right. This stuck out to me as the most insulting thing in the article.
 

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Why such a small amount? This is how you know that they are really trying to push this vaccine for nefarious purposes. I have never seen them pay people for a flu shot. If they are really want to get people to take it they will need a greater incentive than a $125 gift card.


Thank You for mentioning that cause never in history have they paid people to take a vaccine that's so safe. They overcompensating on this "safe" vaccine and makes them look suspicious.
 

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A slap in the face.


Did they pay ppl to get the flu vaccine? What’s makes covid so special?
 

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Idk about any one else but its frustrating having them try and incentive the vaccine when i know personally its hard to know where to get at all. My boyfriends elderly mother should have been at the top of the list however her doctors have said nothing. She's supposedly on list at multiple hospitals... there's no singular place you can check that ive seen. the 1 person i know who has gotten a friend of mine who works at the post office and he had known he'd qualified months ago. its horrible
 

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