By Natalie Robbins Source: Albuquerque Journal Grocery workers at Albertsons and Smith’s stores across New Mexico will get raises and improved benefits after voting to finalize new union contracts, narrowly avoiding a potential strike. The two grocery chains reached an agreement with United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1564 late [...]
Source: KOB.com Members of a union supporting workers at the Smith’s and Albertsons grocery stores in New Mexico are set to vote on authorizing a strike. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 1564 confirmed they filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board against the [...]
Source: Phoenix 12 News Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 99 voted to ratify a 30-month contract on August 31 -- giving them the largest wage increase for long-term, full-time employees in more than three decades. The agreement includes a $6,000 wage increase for long-term, full-time [...]
By Stephen Hamway Source: Yahoo! News Kroger and the union representing around 2,500 Smith's Food & Drug employees across New Mexico have agreed to a one-week extension of their current contract, postponing a potential strike. Thursday was the final day of planned negotiations between Kroger, the parent company of Smith's, [...]
By Brittany Costello Source: KOB.com From the moment the pandemic hit, grocery store workers have not only continued to feed America, but they've put themselves in harm’s way to do it. How are they repaid? Some employees say they haven't been. Now Smith's grocery store workers are threatening to strike. [...]