Some legislators didn't want to force grocery stores to

enter a "peace agreement" with labor unions before

getting tax incentives

These members of the Human Services Commission voted for the amendment,

which failed. Here are some of their comments about the labor agreement.

Representative Case

“We want those small stores to be

able to have a chance at the apple too.”

Representative

Mastrofrancesco

House

Representative

Buckbee

“If we're going to

incentivize tax dollars

and someone wants to

take a chance in some

of these smaller

communities to build

that, we should do

everything we can

to help that. ”

Representative Pizzuto

“If that [substitute language] was

removed, it would fill a need without

having that labor requirement.”

Representative

Polletta

Representative Ferraro

“I think this committee agrees ... on providing it

for as many people uh as we can by giving the

opportunities to as many stores that we can.

So it appears that this bill could pass unanimously

and with full support on both sides of the aisle if

we could just address the labor agreement.”

Senate

Representative Seminara

“We want to solve the problem of food

insecurity and food deserts, but now we're

going to have a roadblock because the only

people that can apply for is eligible for this

incentive is if you're in a labor [peace]

agreement.”

Graphic by Jose Luis Martinez

Some legislators didn't want

to force grocery stores to

enter a "peace agreement"

with labor unions before

getting tax incentives

These members of the Human Services

Commission voted for the amendment,

which failed. Here are some of their

comments about the labor agreement.

House

Senate

Representative

Buckbee

“If we're going to incentivize tax

dollars and someone wants to

take a chance in some of these

smaller communities to build that,

we should do everything we can

to help that.”

Representative Case

“We want those small stores to be

able to have a chance at the apple

too.”

Representative Ferraro

“I think this committee agrees ...

on providing it for as many people

as we can by giving the

opportunities to as many stores

that we can. So it appears that this

bill could pass unanimously and

with full support on both sides of

the aisle if we could just address

the labor agreement.”

Representative Seminara

“We want to solve the problem of

food insecurity and food deserts,

but now we're going to have a

roadblock because the only people

that can apply for is eligible for

this incentive is if you're in a labor

[peace] agreement.”

Representative Pizzuto

“If that [substitute language] was

removed, it would fill a need

without having that labor

requirement.”

Representative Mastrofrancesco

Representative Polletta

Graphic by Jose Luis Martinez