Waldbaum's New York-area pharmacists have authorized a strike after the company said it wants to pull the plug on their pension benefits.... READ MORE
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August 14, 2008
Tentative agreement reached between
union and Canada Safeway workers in B.C.
Canada Safeway workers will vote on a tentative contract reached late Tuesday night between the United Food and Commercial Workers Union and the grocery retailer... READ MORE
August 13, 2008
Kroger and UFCW Local 1059 Reach
Fully-Recommended Tentative Agreement
The Kroger Co. announced today it has reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with the United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 1059 in Columbus, Ohio. ... READ MORE
August 4, 2008
Shaw's strike averted as workers
ratify new contract
Yesterday, Shaw's workers “overwhelmingly approved” a new five-year contract, according to a statement posted on the Local 791 Web site. ... READ MORE
August 4, 2008
Local 555 to hold a community rally to
support non-food workers at Dalles Fred Meyer seeking their first contract
Local 555 will hold a community rally at The Dalles Fred Meyer on Aug. 5th. The Non-Food employees have been seeking their first contract since Nov. 2007.... READ MORE
August 4, 2008
Kroger begins bargaining with
Columbus workers
The union representing 11,000 Kroger workers in Cincinnati was on the verge of calling a strike last fall before negotiations resulted in a contract with an improved pension and wage increases. ... READ MORE
August 4, 2008
Shaw's and Union reach tentative contract
The union representing more than 5,000 workers at Shaw’s supermarkets in Rhode Island and Massachusetts yesterday morning reached a tentative five-year agreement with the company. ... READ MORE
August 1, 2008
UFCW Local 791 contract set to expire
5000 members of Local 791 at 38 Shaw’s Grocery stores in Wells, Maine will watch their contract with Shaw’s grocery expire at midnight Saturday... READ MORE
August 1, 2008
Wal-Mart warns of Democratic win
Wal-Mart is mobilizing its store managers and department supervisors to warn that if Democrats win in November, they'll likely change federal law to make it easier for workers to unionize companies .... READ MORE
July 28, 2008
Slam dunk for Starbucks?
In the latest twist in New England's coffee wars, Quincy grocery chain Stop & Shop will drop Dunkin' Donuts stores from inside 130 supermarkets next year and likely replace them with rival java giant Starbucks.... READ MORE
July 22, 2008
Grocery prices going up --
again
Food manufacturers, under pressure for months from higher costs for everything from product ingredients to the packaging, are confessing to new plans for price increases..... READ MORE
July 17, 2008
As Vons closes, workers wait for word on jobs
The store in Visalia closes for good Saturday, and workers say they've not yet learned whether they'll be transferred to other stores or whether they'll keep the retirement and health care benefits into which they've paid..... READ MORE
July 15, 2008
Soaring food costs take a huge bite out
of grocery & farm budgets
At virtually every link in the nation's food chain, the cost of oil is pushing expenses ever higher.... READ MORE
June 27, 2008
Local 1439 votes to authorize
strike, but put on hold
A Strike Authorization vote was taken with Albertsons and Rosauers members on Monday, June 16 at three separate meetings at the Carpenters’ Hall and was overwhelmingly approved. .... READ MORE
June 25, 2008
Obama urges Sir Terry Leahy to
talk to US unions
Barack Obama is urging Tesco's chief executive to engage with trade unions in the US over workers rights at the company's Fresh & Easy chain. ... READ MORE
June 25, 2008
Save-On-Foods employees
will issue strike notice
Fifty-eight percent of members of United Food and Commercial Workers local 1518 voted Tuesday night to reject their company's offer and will issue 72-hour perishable notice this morning..... READ MORE
June 19, 2008
Grocery shopping made easy
This new countertop device makes grocery shopping easy--it offers a color screen on the front, a laser scanner underneath and a Wi-Fi antenna.... READ MORE
June 19, 2008
Overwaitea workers reach
tenative contract
Overwaitea Food Group's unionized workers reached a tentative settlement for a new contract with their employer late Wednesday. .... READ MORE
June 18, 2008
Local 23 settles contract with Kroger
The contract affecting nearly 950 Local 23 Kroger members was narrowly ratified on Wednesday May 27th by a 286 to 278 margin.... READ MORE
June 18, 2008
Local 700 members ratify good
contract
Workers at Kroger in Indianapolis, Ind., ratified a new contract on Wednesday, June 18. Improvements include seniority rights, better paid leave and Holiday leave policies, as well as improved language throughout the contract. ... READ MORE
June 16, 2008
Community Rallies in Support of Dalles
Fred Meyer Workers
UFCW Local 555 will be holding a community rally at The Dalles Fred Meyer on Tuesday, June 17, 2008. The Non-Food employees at The Dalles Fred Meyer have been seeking their first contract.... READ MORE
June 4, 2008
UFCW wants Obama for anti-Tesco efforts
UFCW is calling on Barack Obama to endorse a new campaign condemning supermarket giant Tesco for the way it treats its workforce in the US... READ MORE
June 1, 2008
United for the American Dream
Change to Win executive director
June 1, 2008
The Plan to Save Our Dying Supermarkets
Supermarkets are rapidly becoming an endangered species. If something is not done soon to reverse that trend, supermarkets face extinction... READ MORE
May 29, 2008
Vince
Ready Mediates Grocery Store Talks
Mediator Vince Ready has joined contract talks between unionized grocery workers and Overwaitea Food Group in a bid to avert a strike... READ MORE
May 28, 2008
New York Pharmacists Authorize
Strike
May 19, 2008
Oregon: UFCW PUSH FOR OBAMA
UFCW members are joining Congressman Earl Blumenauer, today, in
final canvassing and get-out-the vote efforts on behalf of Barack Obama.
...READ
MORE
May 16, 2008
Study: the Union advantage for workers
A new report finds unionization raises the wages of the
typical low-wage worker by 20.6 percent and significantly improves wages at all
wage levels...READ
MORE
May 6, 2008
UFCW Union 23 confirms tentative
agreement was voted down.
Its
workers make up one of the largest grocery retailers in the Ohio Valley, but now
some Kroger workers say they are willing to hit the picket line.
READ
MORE
April 22, 2008
Obama, Clinton seek union vote in close
Pa. race
Local 1776 members in Philadelphia knock on doors of fellow
members, letting them know they believe Obama is the candidate for working
Americans.... READ
MORE
April 21, 2008
Groups discuss
ills of Wal-Mart
Giant purchasers like Wal-Mart should implement
policies that protect the rights of workers, rather than abuse them, two
sweatshop workers told... READ
MORE
April 16, 2008
Kroger workers ratify deal keeping pension plan
10,000 Kroger members of Local 227 overwhelmingly ratified a contract Tuesday
that preserves a pension plan that is 100 percent funded by the company. READ
MORE
April 15, 2008
Save-On workers vote to strike
Save-On
Foods
workers
in
the
Lower
Mainland
voted
more
than
94
per
cent
in
favour
of
strike
action
Thursday
to
back
demands
for
a
new
contract. READ
MORE
April 10, 2008
The Hillary Wal-Mart Videos
The Center for
Public Integrity has released two videos tying Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to
Wal-Mart, a company on whose board she once served.
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MORE
April 9, 2008
Supervalu to Launch New Organic Line
Grocery giant Supervalu Inc., seeking to address a
competitive shortcoming, is creating a line of organic and natural foods called
Wild Harvest.
READ
MORE
April 8, 2008
UFCW Local 1116 and ARGA begin bargaining
ARGA is a multi-employer contract representing over 2500 members in northern
Wisconsin, northeastern and northern Minnesota.
READ
MORE
April 3, 2008
Supermarket unions accept Giant, Safeway contract offer
Members
of Local 400, which covers the Frederick area, and Local 27, which covers the
Eastern Shore, voted to accept a new four-year contract.
READ
MORE
April 2, 2008
Grocery Workers Approve New Contract
Members working at two of the region's
largest supermarket chains have approved a new contract with Giant Foods and
with Safeway Inc..READ
MORE
April 2, 2008
Fresh and Easy a Tough Sell for Shoppers
British retailer Tesco this fall billed its new Fresh & Easy stores as an
alternative to large supermarkets. It looks as though many shoppers aren't
buying it...READ
MORE
March 26, 2008
Tesco's Fresh & Easy start in U.S. not exactly a cakewalk, analyst finds
Tesco
officials are shrugging off an analyst's report that its Fresh & Easy
Neighborhood Market stores are running as much as 70% behind sales projections.
...READ
MORE
March 20, 2008
TIME FOR ACTION IN OVERWAITEA NEGOTIATIONS
Negotiations between the Union Negotiating Committee and Overwaitea today
entered Day 11. Management has still not discussed key issues...READ
MORE
March 20, 2008
Sticker Campaign Launched
Safeway workers nationwide will be wearing stickers to show
solidarity and support for Baltimore/Washington D.C.-area Safeway workers and
fellow UFCW members
...READ
MORE
March 18, 2008
Safeway hiring ahead of strike
Safeway is looking for temporary employees to
operate its grocery stores in case there is a strike at the end of the month,
when the contracts expire...READ
MORE
March 17, 2008
Safeway Shares Hit 52-Week Low
Safeway Inc. shares fell to a new low after the Federal Reserve cut a key
interest rate to help bolster the economy...READ
MORE
March 13, 2008
Safeway Sees Fewer Promotions, More ‘Everyday Value’
While Safeway will continue to offer promotional pricing, over the next
two years it plans to shift to fewer promotions and a greater emphasis on
everyday savings...READ
MORE
March 13, 2008
Former Ohio Sen. Howard Metzenbaum dies
Former Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, an Ohio Democrat with a long career fighting big
business in the Senate, died Wednesday night. He was 90. ...READ
MORE
March 12, 2008
Union Applauds Passage of Bill to Issue Food Stamps Twice a Month in
Michigan
The grocery industry and its workers, along with food stamp
recipients, scored a victory today when the Michigan State Senate passed SB 120...READ
MORE
March 12, 2008
Kroger Profit Beats Forecasts as Grocery Buying Holds Up
Kroger reported that it topped Wall Street earnings targets
despite a drop in profit. Weak economy has not slowed its grocery store
customers...READ
MORE
March 12, 2008
A Stand Against Wal-Mart and, for Now, a Victory
Plans to build a 215,000-square-foot Wal-Mart in Ramapo appear to
have been scrapped after local efforts to block construction ...READ
MORE
March 12, 2008
State’s Largest Grocery Workers Union and Brooklyn Community Group Hold
Rally Targeting Supermarket Shortage.
FUREE and UFCW Local 1500 partner to bring
services to Fort Greene public housing residents after closing of
supermarket and laundry by a developer ...READ
MORE
March 7, 2008
Tesco's Fresh & Easy to open more stores in Arizona
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, the U.S.
subsidiary of U.K.-based Tesco, announced that is has opened three new units in
Arizona, with plans to open...READ
MORE
March 6, 2008
Burd Projects Big Gains in Safeway Profits
Projected profits are up and.Safeway
plans to have its first "experimental format" store — a smaller format of
approximately 20,000 square feet, according to reports — "up and running in May.....READ
MORE
March 6, 2008
Wal-Mart to open 81 stores in March
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., said Wednesday
it plans to open 81 new stores and clubs in March, as it slows opening its
"Supercenter"-style stores....READ
MORE
March 5, 2008
UFCW 1518: Self-Scan checkouts arrive at Safeway
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., said Wednesday
it plans to open 81 new stores and clubs in March, as it slows opening its
"Supercenter"-style stores....READ
MORE
March 4, 2008
Kroger ratifies 4-year deal
Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. has ratified a
four-year contract that covers over 7,500 associates represented by UFCW Local
1529...READ
MORE
February 20, 2008
Higher Education Gap May Slow Economic Mobility
According to a recent study, economic mobility, the chance that children of the
poor or middle class will climb up the income ladder, has not changed
significantly...READ
MORE
February 8, 2008
Kroger plans to offer $4 generic prescriptions
Beginning Wednesday, Kroger will offer generic prescriptions for
$4 at 26 Kroger locations in Memphis...READ
MORE
February 8, 2008
Board approves
plan to build Wegmans
The Planning Board has approved construction of a new Wegmans store in Columbia;
however, construction may be delayed...READ
MORE
February 7, 2008
Workers appalled by proposed 2 hour shifts
Despite a labor shortage in British Columbia, one of the province's largest
grocery chains wants some of its unionized staff to work only two hours a day...READ
MORE
February 7, 2008
A hopeful year for unions
American workers need unions. The share of
national income devoted to workers’ wages and benefits is at its lowest since
the late-1960s...READ
MORE
February 4, 2008
Safeway's "Unofficial
Grandmother"
Sally Dickerson turned 85 last week
and is not retiring anytime soon. Dickerson is the oldest of Safeway's roughly
200,000 full-time employees...READ
MORE
January 25, 2008
Union supports picket outside store
Community
members braved the wind and snow to protest the labor practices of
the only Schnucks supermarket in
Illinois without union...READ
MORE
January 23, 2008
Walmart looks to Russia
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s
largest retailer, may expand into Russia within the next two years to capitalize
on a swelling economy...READ
MORE
January 22, 2008
Safeway to launch health initiatives
for its employees
Safeway says it plans to offer
employees discounts on health insurance if workers participate in a service that
tracks nutritional quality of food they buy...READ
MORE
January 7, 2008
Union starts job, aid
program for former Farmer Jack workers
Former Farmer Jack employees are
still struggling. The grocery
chain closed 21 stores in Detroit...READ
MORE
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