Supermarket Workers To Vote On Deal Reached By Union And Grocery Chains

LOS ANGELES — Southern California supermarket employees are voting on whether to accept a deal that their union leaders negotiated with the region's largest grocery chains in hopes of heading off a strike.

Workers got their first look Friday at details of the deal reached last week as they filed into their union locals' headquarters or other voting locations to cast ballots. Voting is set to continue for some locals on Saturday.

Union officials have urged the rank and file to ratify the plan, which they say addresses concerns about funding for the employees' health plan. Vons, Ralphs and Albertsons, meanwhile, say the agreement would allow them to remain competitive.

A four-month strike and lockout eight years ago cost the industry $2 billion and created havoc for shoppers.

Comments

[Joshua Hon]

05:44 AM on 09/24/2011

yah its a very good contract!

[SoCalDoc]

07:27 PM on 09/23/2011

Hey grocery workers....with this new deal you've worked out, make sure that your union actually PAYS for the services YOU receive!!!

[petpetdonna]

04:55 PM on 09/23/2011

Let all of them go on strike and then hire people that really want jobs. The unions and their members have gotten too greedy and need to be put in their place. That place? Out the door, jobless.

[wayneworlds]

07:28 PM on 09/23/2011

but the ceos that sent every one job over seas they or not greedy ???? u to can work like a china kid just keep voting rep

[Lordstrom]

03:00 PM on 09/23/2011

These people have jobs that literally anyone else can do.

[petpetdonna]

04:56 PM on 09/23/2011

A monkey trained for an hour could run the check out scanner. But I am not sure if the monkey could make change.

[Lordstrom]

05:32 PM on 09/23/2011

That's what computers are for!