WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) , which represents 1.3 million frontline workers in food and retail, responded to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on several cases this week.
Workers at Kroger stores in central Indiana voted down a company-friendly tentative agreement negotiated by the UFCW which included poverty wage “increases” that fall far below the rate of inflation.
After threatening to strike, Southern California grocery workers secured large pay rises in a new contract with Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions.
LOS ANGELES (AP) Thousands of central and Southern California grocery workers have voted to authorize their union to call a strike against several major supermarket chains as contract negotiations are set to resume this week.