UFCW cancels all Kroger contracts after aggressive action by Fred Meyer

After 15 months of unsuccessful negotiations, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 555 announced Sept. 10 the cancellation of all its Oregon and Southwest Washington collective bargaining agreements with...

UFCW reaches agreements with grocery pharmacists, Stater Bros. workers

Pharmacists at Southern California’s major supermarkets and workers at 172 Stater Bros. stores have reached separate agreements on new union contracts. The tentative contract for pharmacists at Albertsons, Vons and Ralphs...

Walmart Is Testing a Fulfillment Service for Vendors to Match Amazon

Walmart Inc., looking to generate more profit from its online unit, wants to start storing and shipping products for third-party vendors for the first time, just as rival Amazon.com Inc....

The next wave of labor unrest could be in grocery stores

On August 24, members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 555 overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike for 20,000 grocery employees at Safeway, Albertsons, QFC and Fred Meyer locations in the...

Jeff Bezos abruptly cuts health benefits for nearly 2,000 part-time Whole Foods workers

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Thursday cut benefits for part-time workers at his grocery chain Whole Foods, drawing criticism from the left for a move that could leave thousands of...

Walmart is going national with unlimited grocery delivery plan

Walmart didn't offer specifics on how many customers signed up for its Delivery Unlimited program during the four-market pilot, which was first reported in June, but the response must have...

The World Wastes Tons of Food. A Grocery ‘Happy Hour’ Is One Answer.

“Happy hour” at the S-market store in the working-class neighborhood of Vallila happens far from the liquor aisles and isn’t exactly convivial. Nobody is here for drinks or a good...

Grocery strike likely averted as execs, union reach tentative deal

The union representing Southern California grocery workers has reached a tentative contract deal with supermarket chains, likely averting a strike previously authorized by its members. Details of the contract were not...

Union-Backed Ballot Initiative Would Limit Grocery Stores to 2 Self-Checkout Machines

Labor unions in Oregon are taking aim at a new threat to the working man: self-checkout machines. On Thursday, the Oregon chapter of the AFL-CIO, a federation of unions in the...

Grocery workers ready to walk in 3 states

In a series of strike votes over the summer, members of United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) in Oregon, Washington, and California voted overwhelmingly to authorize strikes if contract bargaining...

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