Source: ABC 7 Los Angeles Negotiations are scheduled to resume Wednesday between the union representing approximately 12,000 Stater Bros. workers and the grocery store chain following the announcement of an overwhelming membership vote in favor of authorizing their bargaining team to call an unfair labor practice strike. "This vote sends [...]
Source: UFCW 8-Golden State UFCW 8-Golden State, along with UFCW Locals 5 and 648, are engaged in around-the-clock negotiations with Safeway-Albertsons management in an effort to reach a fair agreement for 25,000 union grocery workers spanning from the Grapevine in the south to the Oregon-California border. Union leaders are seeking [...]
By Alex Baker Source: KRON 4 Safeway workers rallied in Pleasant Hill Tuesday ahead of a potentially looming statewide strike. On Friday, members of the grocery workers’ union, UFCW 5, voted 95% yes to authorize an unfair labor practice strike. The negotiations, which took place on July 8 and July [...]
By Robert Schaulis Source: Times Standard This week, workers with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 5 voted to authorize a strike at Safeway locations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and the North Coast, citing unfair labor practices and “bad faith bargaining.” Workers have been without a [...]
By Brianna Leonard Source: KKTV.com Employees will strike at several Safeway locations on Sunday, according to UFCW Local 7. The grocery store strikes will be limited to just four cities: Estes Park, Colorado Fountain, Colorado Pueblo, Pueblo Denver, Colorado (distribution center) The union said limited strikes will allow time for [...]
By Sydney Isenberg Source: Denver 7.com The union that represents 7,000 Safeway/Albertsons employees in Colorado terminated its contract extension with the company on Wednesday. The termination will take effect at 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, meaning United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 members who have already voted to strike [...]
By Bridget Goldschmidt Source: Progressive Grocer Members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) local unions representing 45,000 grocery store workers at Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions locations across Southern California have voted overwhelmingly to authorize their bargaining team to call for an unfair labor practice (ULP) strike in response [...]
By Pat Maio Source: OC Register The union representing more than 45,000 grocery store workers from Santa Barbara to San Diego voted Wednesday, June 11 to authorize a strike against supermarket chains Albertsons and Kroger. No date has been set for a strike. The United Food and Commercial Workers labor [...]
By Bernadette Berdychowski Source: Denver Gazette Two of Colorado’s largest grocers are at risk of facing a workers' strike. The union representing Colorado grocery workers has not reached an agreement with either Kroger’s King Soopers and City Market leadership or Albertsons’ Safeway for new employee contracts. The United Food and [...]
By Mike Manzoni Source: FOX 9 Minneapolis UFCW Local 663 on Tuesday threatened to have its members walk off the job at the end of the month if it cannot reach agreements with three supermarket owners. The union said it wants better wages and benefits and an end to what [...]