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Talks stall; Safeway hiring temporary workers as strike nears 40 locations
The walkouts include locations in Denver, Evergreen, Lakewood, Aurora, Estes Park, Longmont, Monument, Colorado Springs, ...
Safeway and Albertsons negotiations resume, union prepares for King Soopers and City Market bargaining
In February, about 10,000 King Soopers employees walked picket lines at 77 stores in Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, ...
Southern California grocery workers resume contract negotiations, ‘practice strikes’ on the way
The union plans to hold what it described as a big practice strike Friday afternoon in front of a Ralphs store in downtown ...
Albuquerque Journal6d
New Mexico union workers, Smith’s reach tentative contract agreement
The union representing thousands of New Mexico grocery store workers announced it reached a tentative agreement on a new ...
Thousands of workers could strike at Albertsons, Safeway stores in several states
Grocery workers in five states have authorized strikes in an escalating and evolving series of labor actions against major ...
Kroger plans to close 60 U.S. stores in 18 months to improve profits
The Cincinnati, Ohio-based company hasn’t said which stores it plans to shutter, but said the closures will happen around the ...
Grocery Dive5h
UNFI, Haug’s Cub Foods ratify contract with its UFCW Local 663 workers
The contract comes after nearly 3,000 grocery workers threatened to strike. UFCW Local 663 also agreed to drop the unfair ...
UFCW ignores strike deadline for 45,000 California grocery workers: Workers must organize to override stalling tactics and launch a strike!
But the bureaucracy is stalling precisely because grocery workers are in a powerful position, not in spite of it. They do not ...
MyNorthwest2d
30,000 WA grocery workers approve new deal, avoid strike
Thousands of grocery workers across Washington voted to ratify a new union contract Friday night, avoiding a strike.
Albertsons workers, company officials come to terms on tentative four-year deal
A looming strike by union workers at Albertsons grocery stores in New Mexico was averted late Thursday when the company reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with union leaders. Greg Frazier ...
After authorizing strike, 30,000 Washington grocery workers OK new contract, win raise
Thousands of Kroger and Albertsons workers in Washington are voting on whether to ratify a new contract this week, and ...
Los Angeles Magazine5d
Grocery Workers Resume Negotiations For a New Contract
Grocery workers at Ralphs, Vons, Pavilions, and Albertsons are preparing for a potential strike as contract negotiations ...