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Southern California Grocery Workers Ratify Historic Contract Agreement with Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions

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 [...]

richie2022-04-15T15:20:19+00:00April 15th, 2022|Tags: albertsons, contract ratification, Pavilions, ralphs, southern california grocery negotiations, ufcw, vons|

‘Unified and militant’: Grocery workers get double-digit pay raises in new contract

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 [...]

richie2022-04-15T15:18:22+00:00April 15th, 2022|Tags: albertsons, Pavilions, southern california grocery negotiations, ufcw, vons|

A grocery worker strike was imminent. Then came a 30-hour bargaining marathon

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 [...]

richie2022-04-05T15:17:44+00:00April 5th, 2022|Tags: albertsons, Pavilions, ralphs, southern california grocery negotiations, ufcw, vons|

SoCal grocery store workers reach tentative agreement with Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons, Pavilions

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 [...]

richie2022-04-05T15:15:58+00:00April 5th, 2022|Tags: albertsons, Pavilions, ralphs, southern california grocery negotiations, ufcw, vons|

UFCW Workers in California OK Strike

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. [...]

richie2022-03-29T20:55:25+00:00March 29th, 2022|Tags: albertsons, Kroger, strike authorization vote, ufcw, vons|

Valley grocery workers vote on whether to strike, union alleges ‘unfair labor practice’ violations

Source: KESQ.com Grocery workers locally and across the Southland began voting Monday on whether to authorize a strike as contract negotiations stall with the owners of Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons. Some valley grocery store workers are in favor of walking out after the union said some employees have been threatened [...]

richie2022-03-23T21:30:08+00:00March 23rd, 2022|Tags: albertsons, ralphs, southern california grocery negotiations, ufcw local 1167, vons|

California grocery workers vote on strike authorization

Source: ABC News Thousands of southern and central California grocery workers started voting Monday on whether to authorize their union to call a strike against several major supermarket chains. About 47,000 workers at hundreds of Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions stores are eligible to vote this week. Results are expected [...]

richie2022-03-22T15:14:23+00:00March 22nd, 2022|Tags: albertsons, Pavilions, ralphs, southern california grocery negotiations, strike authorization vote, ufcw, vons|

Union Authorizes Strike Vote Against Major SoCal Supermarkets

By Paige Austin Source: Patch.com Negotiations between grocery store workers and Southern California supermarket chains have stopped, and a union representing workers authorized a strike vote Thursday. The voting will take place between March 21 and March 26, according to Bertha Rodríguez, the communications coordinator for United Food and Commercial [...]

richie2022-03-11T16:20:27+00:00March 11th, 2022|Tags: albertsons, Pavilions, ralphs, socal grocery negotiations, stater bros, ufcw, vons|

Grocery Store Workers To Decide Whether To Go On Strike After Labor Contract Expires

Source: CBS 2 Los Angeles A labor contract for Southern California’s grocery store workers expired at midnight Monday, and with negotiations stalled, a strike could be on the horizon. Representatives with United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 770 say negotiations with Southern California’s major supermarkets broke down over the [...]

richie2022-03-08T16:15:07+00:00March 8th, 2022|Tags: albertsons, Pavilions, ralphs, southern california grocery negotiations, ufcw, vons|

SoCal grocery store workers rally in Tustin as contracts are set to expire March 6

By Jessica De Nova Source: ABC-7 Los Angeles Hundreds of unionized grocery store employees rallied outside a Ralphs in Tustin Monday as bargaining continued on their contract set to expire March 6. The group of about 300 members was just a fraction of the 60,000 workers across Southern California at [...]

richie2022-03-01T17:45:08+00:00March 1st, 2022|Tags: albertsons, gelson's, Pavilions, ralphs, stater bros, ufcw local 324, vons|