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BARGAINING
UPDATES:
UFCW
MEMBERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REACH TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH NATIONAL GROCERS
Last night, over 60,000 grocery workers
in Southern California represented by United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)
reached a tentative...READ
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UFCW Grocery Workers Rally at
Albertsons Headquarters to Demand Supermarket Back up Contract Claims
Ahead
of a June 21st deadline for a contract settlement,
hundreds of union members and grocery workers plan to rally at Albertsons
corporate headquarters...READ
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Grocery Workers’ Union and
Supermarkets Remain Far Apart on Wages and Medical Benefits
After more than five months of
contract negotiations, the Union representing Southern California grocery
workers and the parent companies of Albertsons...READ
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Grocery
Workers Rally to Demand Ralphs Prove They Are Telling the Truth About Their
Contract Proposal
Grocery workers rally at Ralphs Corporate HQ to demand that Dave
Hirz put up his own money to guarantee his contract proposal in Southern
California...READ
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Grocery Coalition Launches Door-to-Door Campaign,
Seeks “No Shop” Pledge From Public in Case of Strike or Lockout
Faith, Community Leaders Rally
Volunteers to Walk Neighborhoods Around Los Angeles in Support of Grocery
Workers...READ
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Statement by
United Food and Commercial
Workers International Union On Grocery Bargaining in Southern California
After seven months of
unproductive negotiations with grocery employers, UFCW Southern California local
unions left the bargaining table on...READ
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Uninsured
Grocery Workers' Children Without Health Care on Mother's Day
20,000 children in Southern California
without Health Care on Mothers’ Day – thanks to Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons
supermarkets. Coalition speaks out...READ
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Three grocery chains will lock out workers if one is picketed
Three big Southern California grocery chains said Wednesday that they have formed an agreement to cooperate with one another in the event...READ
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Southern California
UFCW Members Vote to Authorize Strike
On Sunday, UFCW members and grocery workers
in Southern California voted to authorize a potential strike at Albertsons
stores. UFCW members decided...READ
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Grocery
Workers and Employers Agree to Three Week Contract Extension
Yesterday, representatives of union grocery
workers and their employers agreed to extend their contract by three
weeks in order to continue negotiating....READ
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Southern California Locals
Agree to Two-Week Contract Extension
Ralphs, Vons, and Albertsons finally agreed
to come to the negotiating table, and in return
the seven UFCW
locals have agreed to a two-week extension...READ
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As contract
expiration nears, Southern California workers to hold candlelight vigils
UFCW members of the seven Southern
California locals have submitted proposals to Albertsons, Ralphs, and Vons,
without any real response from...READ
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Labor deal with Gelson's puts
pressure on bigger grocery chains
Gelson's has become the second Southern California supermarket chain
to reach an agreement with its workers union, removing the threat of...READ
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Southern
California Locals Continue to Bargain with Big Three
On February 15th, the seven locals resubmitted their contract proposals to
Albertsons, the same proposals
presented to the company in January...READ
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Southern California Updates for Stater
Bros, Albertsons, Ralphs, and Vons
On January 17th, UFCW members from six
locals in Southern California, approved a new three year contract with Stater
Brothers supermarkets....READ MORE
Stater Bros. employees approve
contract offer
Employees of Stater Bros. voted
overwhelmingly Wednesday to approve a new contract with the supermarket chain,
union officials said....READ
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IN THE
MEDIA:
July 16, 2007
Study shows decline in state for job-based
health insurance
Despite a strong economy, the
number of Californians with job-based health insurance declined from 2001 to
2005, underscoring the challenge faced...READ
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June 27, 2007
Grocers, union agree to pick up negotiations
Negotiators for three major supermarket chains and
Southern California store clerks agreed to get back to haggling today to try to
resolve differences...READ
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June 18, 2007
Labor &
your groceries: Chains can afford to share the wealth
It's deja vu all over again. That's how many Southern
California shoppers are feeling about current grocery negotiations. It is
because the supermarket...READ
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June 9, 2007
Grocery workers seek offer by
June 21
Southern California's grocery workers union demanded Friday that the big
supermarket chains present a comprehensive proposal by noon June 21...READ
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May 31, 2007
The union representing Southern California
grocery workers accused three major markets Wednesday of proposing cuts to
employer health-care...READ
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May 29, 2007
Más presión a supermercados
Trabajadores organizan caminata en busca de apoyo.
Si cuando salga de casa el
próximo sábado se encuentra colgando de la chapa de su puerta un panfleto...PARA
MAS
May 29, 2007
Grocery stores brace for another strike
Many residents are being greeted at their local Albertsons store
with a petition asking for support should the chain’s employees go on strike...READ
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May 21, 2007
Grocery talks continuing
amid news blackout; unions ask customers to avoid stores in case of strike
Negotiations resumed this week on a contract affecting thousands of Southern
California grocery workers at three major chains, but union and store
officials...READ
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May 17, 2007
Grocery workers
rally, plan to go door-to-door to educate residents
With talks between the grocery workers union and Southern
California's major supermarket chains dragging on, the union is trying to...READ
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April 30, 2007
New
source of pressure on grocers
In an attempt to provide added leverage to
the grocery workers union in contract talks, Los Angeles' powerful labor
movement and its allies among...READ
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April 17, 2007
Grocery
contract negotiations resume
Southern California's three largest supermarket chains and the grocery workers
union resumed talks Monday with both sides urging harmony. Negotiations...READ
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April 11, 2007
Grocers lose their Wal-Mart leverage
The major supermarket chains' main argument of four years ago has yet to come to
fruition. Back in 2003 when a major grocery strike loomed in Southern...READ
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April 10, 2007
Union federation to honor pickets if SoCal grocery workers strike
A federation of labor unions said Monday its members would honor picket
lines should thousands of Southern California grocery workers go on strike or
...READ
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April 9, 2007
Stalled
grocery talks to resume
Talks between Southern California's three major supermarket chains and a union
representing grocery workers, which were abruptly halted...READ
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April 5, 2007
Three
grocery chains will lock out workers if one is picketed
Three big Southern California grocery chains said Wednesday that they have
formed an agreement to cooperate with one another in the event...READ
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March, 26, 2007
Grocery workers authorize strike
Hoping to influence current contract negotiations, grocery workers at Albertsons
voted on Sunday to give union leaders the authority to call a strike...READ
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March
21, 2007
UFCW seeks strike authorization vote from Albertsons workers
The
union that represents 65,000 Southern California grocery workers targeted
Albertsons for a strike vote Sunday, saying that they need leverage to
...READ
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March 21, 2007
S&P Considering Rating Outlook Changes to Kroger,
Safeway
Standard & Poor’s here said it is considering placing a “positive”
outlook on its corporate credit ratings of retailers Kroger and Safeway...READ
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March 21, 2007
Grocery workers to vote on strike
against Albertsons
Albertsons employees represented by the
supermarket workers' union will vote this Sunday on whether to give their union
leaders authorization to call...READ
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March 15, 2007
Annual Earnings Up 17% at Gelson’s Parent
Arden Group, the parent of Gelson’s Markets here, earned $23.2
million on sales of $482.7 million for the fiscal year ended Dec. 30.
Earnings increased by...READ
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March 13, 2007
Grocery negotiations
begin
Contract talks have begun between the
union representing more than 120,000 West Coast grocery workers and major
supermarkets, with disagreements...READ
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March 6, 2007
Grocery workers get brief contract
extension
The parent companies of three major Southern
California grocery store chains and the union that represents grocery workers
agreed Monday to a two-week...READ
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February 23, 2007
Grocery talks see little progress
The contract for 65,000 Southern California grocery workers is likely to expire
in a little more than a week without a new pact...READ
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February 20, 2007
Labor deal with Gelson's puts
pressure on bigger grocery chains
Gelson's has become the second Southern California supermarket chain to
reach an agreement with its workers union, removing the threat of a
strike...READ
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February 11, 2007
Stater Bros. gives itself room to grow
The Inland grocery chain's consolidation effort replaces seven distribution
sites with a single massive one in San Bernardino...READ
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January 18, 2007
Stater Bros. employees approve
contract offer
Employees of Stater Bros. voted
overwhelmingly Wednesday to approve a new contract with the supermarket chain,
union officials said....READ
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Stater
Workers Cast Votes
Stater Bros. employees would get pay raises and other perks under a new deal
between the supermarket chain and the United Food and Commercial...READ
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January 16, 2007
Stater Bros., Unions Agree to
New Contract
Stater Bros. Markets and seven locals of the
United Food and Commercials Workers union reached tentative agreement on a new
contract last week...READ
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January 12, 2007
Grocery Workers Union Reaches Tentative
Agreement With Stater Bros.
The union
representing Southern California grocery workers announced Thursday it has
reached a tentative contract agreement with Stater...READ
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January 12, 2007
Grocery workers agree to new contract with Stater
Bros.
The union that
represents supermarket workers in Southern California has agreed to a tentative
contract with the Stater Bros. chain nearly...READ
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January 9, 2007
Supervalu 3Q Profit Climbs 51 Pct
Supervalu Inc., the nation's third-biggest
supermarket chain, said Tuesday its third-quarter earnings jumped almost 51
percent because of its purchase...READ
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January
9, 2007
Kroger Exec Expects Strong Year
The head of the nation's largest supermarket chain spent much of his holidays
shopping-- for groceries. Back in his native Kansas, David B. Dillon,
chairman...READ
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January 8, 2007
Big-box grocery ban is headed for the
ballot box in Long Beach
A petition backed by Wal-Mart to repeal the city's prohibition got enough
signatures. Now the issue will be decided at the polls -- at a cost...READ
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January 2, 2007
Busy Year for Union Contracts Ahead
The United Food and Commercial Workers Union is gearing up for several large
negotiations this year, including a renewal of a Southern California...READ
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