Jim Papian, a spokesman for the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, says members of Local 400 in Landover and Local 27 in Baltimore voted Tuesday to approve the four-year contract.

He says it includes a $1.50 wage increase over four years, an increase in starting rates for new hires, an increase in employer contributions to pension funds, advanced scheduling notices and no reduction in health care coverage.

The agreement reached over the weekend averted a possible strike by about 23,000 UFCW members after the previous contract expired at midnight Saturday.