Workers at Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions stores will get raises of $4.25 per hour and a say on safety issues.
"After more than two years of risking their lives to serve California's communities as essential workers, reaching a fair contract with better wage increases, health care improvements, and protected pensions for these hard-working members could not have come at a more important time," said a statement by seven union locals.
"We made history!" Erika Bentzen, a food clerk at a Ralphs in Thousand Oaks who was on the bargaining team, said in a union statement. "This was the first time members were part of the negotiations and I believe it made a difference having us there. This is the best contract in the country." The contract takes immediate effect and covers about 540 stores. The previous three-year contract expired March 6 and workers had voted to authorize a strike if an agreement wasn't reached.
In 2019, employees of Ralphs, Vons, Pavilions and Albertsons voted to authorize a strike but contracts ultimately were reached without a walkout. A 2003-04 strike and lockout put nearly 70,000 Southern California grocery workers on picket lines for more than four months.
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