Grocery Bargaining Update #10

We Voted YES! ULP Strike Authorization Overwhelmingly Passes!

GROCERY WORKERS AT RALPHS, VONS, ALBERTSONS, AND PAVILIONS ARE READY TO STRIKE IF NEEDED

We have spoken loud and clear.

These past two weeks, nearly 45,000 grocery workers across Southern California came together and overwhelmingly voted YES to authorize an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Strike against Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons, and Pavilions for breaking the law by surveilling, interrogating, threatening, and retaliating against union members.

This vote is a powerful message to Kroger and Albertsons: We are fed up with their union-busting tactics and unlawful behavior that disrespects workers, silences our voices, and stalls progress at the bargaining table. 

BARGAINING UPDATE

For months, we’ve pushed for real solutions to short staffing, unsafe conditions, and unfair wages, and while we had some good discussions on staffing in this session, we still don’t have satisfactory results from Kroger and Albertsons. They moved another measly quarter on wages at the 11th hour today, but we’re still very far apart on what we need to support our families and other issues important to us like clerk’s helpers working in a higher classification and increased premiums for department heads. 

We only have three more bargaining dates scheduled for June 25-27, where we are demanding that the companies stop breaking the law, and negotiate a contract that respects workers and invests in safe, fully staffed stores. We are fed up with being overworked, disrespected, and undervalued while corporate CEOs rake in millions.

Meanwhile, stay connected. Stay ready. This is our moment. We are united, and we are ready to do whatever it takes to achieve a fair contract and defend our rights. 

If you have any questions about what’s happening at the table, the ULP strike authorization, or anything else, reach out to your Union Representative. 

In solidarity,


Your Grocery Workers Rising Bargaining Committee

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