By Mark Hamstra Source: Supermarket News Albertsons has closed the self-checkout lanes at five supermarkets in Long Beach, Calif., after the city placed restrictions on the service. Last month the city passed an ordinance prohibiting customers from using the self-checkout to purchase age-restricted items such as alcohol and tobacco and [...]
By John Donegan Source: Long Beach Post Grocery workers across Southern California are preparing to strike against Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions — the region’s first in decades — unless a final round of negotiations next week can yield better pay, improved staffing and other benefits. More than 45,000 members [...]
Source: UFCW 8-Golden State Last week’s critical two-day bargaining session with Albertsons/Vons concluded without the progress our members expect and deserve. While we continue to advocate for meaningful improvements, the company’s updated wage proposal does not reflect the real needs of grocery workers in Southern California. We are aiming to [...]
By Lynn Petrak Source: Progressive Grocer Grocery union members on the West Coast recently took to the streets to voice support for fair wages, benefits and strong working environments. Hundreds of employees belonging to United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) organizations in Southern California and representing a coalition called Grocery Workers [...]
By Lucas Combos Source: Patch Kroger and Albertsons have unveiled hundreds of stores they plan to sell to secure federal approval for two of the nation's largest grocery chains to complete a $25 billion mega merger. The companies first announced an agreement for Kroger to acquire Albertsons in 2022, quickly [...]
Source: UFCW Essential Workers Achieve Groundbreaking Contract Through Solidarity BLOOMINGTON, CALIF. (April 14, 2022) — Today, members of UFCW Local 1167 voted overwhelmingly to join their fellow union members across Southern California in ratifying a new three-year contract with Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions. Following the contract ratification, the seven UFCW local unions in Southern California released the following statement: “Today, tens [...]
By Margot Roosevelt Source: Los Angeles Times Whipsawed by the pandemic, spurred by fury over wage stagnation and alarmed by inflation, Southern California’s unionized grocery workers gained their biggest pay raises in decades Thursday as they ratified a new contract with the region’s largest food chains. The three-year contract’s overwhelming [...]
By Margot Roosevelt Source: Los Angeles Times A union representing 47,000 Southern California grocery workers tentatively signed a new three-year contract with Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions, averting a strike they had authorized last week. The contract will be put to a vote next week by rank-and-file members of seven [...]
Source: ABC 7 Los Angeles Unionized grocery store workers in Southern California have reached a tentative agreement with several major supermarket chains that include Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions. The news comes after more than 24 hours straight of negotiations at the bargaining table, trying to prevent a strike by [...]
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. [...]