Kroger targeted by union regarding coronavirus policies

The largest union representing grocery and food workers took Kroger Co. and other supermarket operators to task Tuesday for not paying hazard pay and not doing enough to help their frontline employees get the coronavirus vaccine. Cincinnati-based Kroger (NYSE: KR), the nation’s largest operator of traditional supermarkets, is one of the largest employers in the Dayton region with over 4,000 employees in dozens of stores. “Kroger outbreaks have been especially alarming to us because they’re…