Source: UFCW Local 455 The union representing some 14,000 Houston-area Kroger workers ratified a contract after a two-years of negotiations that focused on wages and health care, spanning the period of the COVID-19 pandemic. The contract, which covers workers in 106 local stores and lasts through February 2024, will boost [...]
By Richard Kestenbaum Source: Forbes Most grocery shopping today is done the same way your mom did it when she pushed you in the cart. And yet, there’s probably no sector of retail on the verge of more change and upheaval than grocery. Grocers view their stores as the anchor [...]
By Errol Schweizer Source: Forbes Over 48,000 California unionized grocery workers have voted to strike in a bid for higher wages and better working conditions. Members of 7 UFCW locals across 540 stores from the Mexican border to Central California approved the strike authorization by a margin of 95%, signaling [...]
By Lynn Petrak Source: Progressive Grocer After days of voting last week, grocery workers in Southern California have authorized a strike. Members of seven local United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) unions approved the potential action in the wake of months of failed negotiations with representatives of The Kroger Co. [...]
Source: Reuters Around 48,000 grocery workers voted to strike if needed when seeking higher wages from stores owned by Kroger Co. and Albertsons Companies Inc. in Southern California, the UFCW 770 union said on Saturday. The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) has been seeking significantly higher and [...]
By Sapna Maheshwari and Michael Corkery Source: The New York Times When Enrique Romero Jr. finishes his shift fulfilling online orders at a Fred Meyer grocery store in Bellingham, Wash., he often walks to a nearby plasma donation center. There, he has his blood drained, and a hydrating solution is pumped [...]
By Praveen Paramasivam Source: Reuters Workers at nearly 80 King Soopers, owned by Kroger Co., approved a new three-year contract, the Colorado-based chain said on Tuesday, ending a stalemate that had caused a 10-day strike at the start of the year. King Soopers will invest $170 million in wage increases [...]
By Errol Schweizer Source: Forbes Mass market grocery has a curious relationship with food access. On the one hand, grocers are among the largest donors to food aid organizations and help make SNAP benefits possible for millions. On the other hand, food insecurity, driven by low wages and precarity, is growing [...]
By Hamilton Nolan Source: In These Times An alarming new survey of thousands of grocery workers across three western U.S. states reveals that they suffer from shockingly high rates of poverty. More than three-quarters of the workers meet the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s definition of “food insecure,” and 14% say [...]
Source: ABC 13 Houston Kroger and its employees are working to reach an agreement on a new contract. If they can't, that could affect Thanksgiving plans for many shoppers. Nearly 14,000 Kroger workers in the Houston area agreed last week to authorize a strike. That means they could walk off [...]