After months of stalled contract negotiations, grocery workers at Albertsons, Vons, Pavilions and Ralphs stores voted this week to give union leaders the authority to call a strike.
Members of seven United Food and Commercial Workers union locals, covering Southern California and a swath of Central California, voted overwhelmingly to allow a strike, labor leaders said Wednesday. They did not disclose how many of their 46,000 members voted, but they said that of those who did, 96% voted yes.
The vote itself does not trigger a strike, but it gives union leaders the ability to call a walkout whenever they want. That can provide additional leverage during contract negotiations even if they never choose to strike.
Employees are still working under a three-year contract that expired March 3. …
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Gee, somehow the LA Times forgot to mention the median wages of these members “struggling to put food on the table”, but when their demands are met, the price hikes that make YOUR family’s food struggles higher will be NOOOO problem (OR seen as “Newsworthy ” !!) Once again, George Carlin was right – “It’s a big club, an’ YOU ain’t in it !”