Tagged: UFCW

10:07pm

Sun December 5, 2010
Labor Relations

Grocery workers approve new 3-year contract

Credit Bellamy Pailthorp / KPLU

Unionized grocery workers in the region say they're glad they didn't have to go on strike.  But they say the threat of a massive walk out was what helped them get a new contract they could accept.  Votes tallied over the weekend show a resounding 95% approval.   

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3:23pm

Thu December 2, 2010
Labor Relations

Grocery workers voting on contract offer, approval likely

Credit Gary Davis / KPLU

Unionized grocery store workers are voting this week on a tentative agreement with their employers at the region's four big chains.  Ratification of a new three-year contract looks likely.

About twenty five thousand grocery workers in King, Snohomish, Kitsap and North Mason counties are covered in the contract.  Most work for QFC, Fred Meyer, Albertsons and Safeway stores.

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5:37am

Mon November 22, 2010
Busines & Labor

Tentative deal reached in grocery chain talks

Credit Gary Davis/KPLU

 Grocery workers and their employers have reached a tentative agreement after lengthy contract talks over the weekend.  This means shoppers no longer have to worry about a pre-Thanksgiving strike at the four big chains: QFC, Fred Meyer, Safeway and Albertsons.

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11:22am

Thu November 18, 2010
Labor Relations

Grocery Workers' Contract Talks Resume

Puget  Sound grocery workers gathered for a strike authorization vote
Credit Courtesy UFCW 21

With just a week to go before Thanksgiving, there's new hope in the grocery workers contract dispute.  Negotiators are back at the table today  after a resounding majority of union members threatened to go on strike.

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6:34am

Tue November 16, 2010
News Roundup

Tuesday morning's headlines

Credit Gary Davis/KPLU

A surprise windstorm; world finance experts in Seattle, and grocery workers talk strike.

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