

June 15, 2007
HOUSTON GROCERY WORKERS TO
TERMINATE KROGER
CONTRACT EXTENSION
UFCW Members Join Fellow Texas Workers in
Terminating Extensions
Washington, DC—Grocery workers represented by
the United Food and Commercial Workers(UFCW) Local Union 455 gave notice to
the Kroger Company today that they will no longer extend their contract with
the company.
In Houston, where 12,700 workers are involved in negotiations with Kroger,
UFCW members already voted to authorize a strike against the supermarket
company last month. Houston workers have been joined in solidarity by their
brothers and sisters in UFCW Dallas Local 540, who also voted to authorize a
strike against the Kroger Company.
UFCW Local 540 is not operating under any contract extension, and Local 408
in Houston has already terminated their contract extension with Kroger.
UFCW members working in the grocery industry across the country are involved
in negotiations with successful employers like Kroger. They are unified in
a nationwide movement to improve jobs in the industry for workers, families,
and communities.
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