
@JonahFurman ("Jonah Furman") wrote:
Assuming this 14% holds across the whole Kroger workforce, that's around 65,000 people working at the fourth-largest private employer in the US -- ranked 17th on the Fortune 500 -- who've been homeless while keeping the country's grocery stores running, in a pandemic.
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@alexnpress ("Alex Press") wrote:
this new survey of Kroger workers is brutal: 14% of respondents have been homeless in the past year, 34% say they skip or reduce meals, 36% say they're worried about getting evicted https://economicrt.org/publication/hungry-at-the-table/