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UFCW Local Unions: Ouster of Kroger CEO Brings Opportunity for Changes

UFCW 770 unions collectively coordinated contract negotiations in 2022 and underwrote the “Hungry at the Table” report by the Economic…

7 months ago

Stop the Merger Coalition of UFCW Locals Statements Following Kroger and Albertsons’ Announcement of Proposed Divested Stores

"The merger proposal was rejected in January and February by the Attorneys General from the states of Colorado and Washington…

1 year ago

Food 4 Less/Foods Co. Workers Announce Strike Authorization Votes as Contract Expires

  LOS ANGELES —   The United Food and Commercial Workers or UFCW Locals 8GS, 135, 324, 770, 1167, 1428…

1 year ago

Food 4 Less Employees Rally for Fairness: 4,000 Workers Demand Just Contract Terms as Contract Deadline Looms

Workers have been frustrated by the company’s unwillingness to discuss key issues like fair wages and equity with other grocery…

1 year ago

UPDATE: Coalition of UFCW Locals’ Opposition to Proposed Merger Gains Momentum

The coalition has been outspoken in its opposition to the proposed mega merger of Kroger and Albertsons since it was…

2 years ago

Albertsons Workers React to Quarterly Fiscal Report and Executive Golden Parachute of Tens of Millions of Dollars

More than nine months ago, Kroger and Albertsons announced their proposed plans to merge and create the largest traditional grocery…

2 years ago

Essential Grocery Store Workers’ Unions Commend Attorneys General Lawsuits to Stop Albertsons $4 Billion Stockholder Payout

The court filing details the unusual structuring of the merger designed to take Albertson’s from a cash-flush company to a…

3 years ago

Essential Grocery Store Workers Say: Stop Albertsons’ Dividend Payment

UFCW is looking to regulators and elected officials to join them in putting public pressure on Albertsons to invest this…

3 years ago

Strike Vote Begins for Thousands of Grocery Store Workers

A bargaining committee composed of workers and union leaders negotiated with the companies for 12 days before the contract expired…

3 years ago

Front Line Workers Protest Outside Trump National Golf Club in PV

By Mark Friedman, Labor Columnist Workers on the front lines battling the coronavirus protested at Trump National Golf Club in Palos…

5 years ago