Category Archives: Negotiations

Negotiations Update – May 24, 2019

The management finally showed their hand with a wage and health benefit offer. This week we brought a member delegation made up of GM clerks to negotiations. They spoke directly to management about the challenges in the workplace. Management was not impressed. Their proposals include:  Makes checkers GM clerks. Attacks our health plan and undermine […]

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What Happened During The Telephone Town Hall

Last night, President Greg Conger, Secretary-Treasurer Andrea Zinder and Executive Vice President Matt Bell conducted a tele town hall meeting to update retail food members on contract negotiations. Almost 1000 members listened in and asked questions about the status of bargaining and how they could help. During the introduction, President Conger explained that bargaining is […]

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Negotiations Update – May 6, 2019

I’m fired up. We just wrapped yet another round of contract negotiations where corporate executives failed to discuss even ONE of the core values we’re fighting for as a union. No increasing a fair wage for you and your families. No safeguarding the health care protections you’ve earned. No ensuring more hours and staff to […]

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UPDATE: April 22

Negotiations Update: Monday, April 22, 2019 Thank you to all that participated in our tabling actions this past week. We collected hundreds of signatures from customers supporting you and your co-workers. We met with Corporate negotiators and the federal mediator last week Thursday and Friday. We spent the first day bringing the federal mediator up […]

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Negotiations Update 4/5/19

Negotiations with Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons continued on April 3 and 4. We discussed many issues including scheduling and hours as well as wages and the increasing minimum wage. We are still a long way from an acceptable solution however we have explained the importance of these issues to our members. Bargaining resumes on April […]

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Negotiations Update 3/25/19

CONTRACT UPDATE: Negotiators met with the union’s financial experts to review our pension and benefit plans, and continued to discuss non-financial contract issues with the corporate negotiators representing Ralphs, Vons, and Albertsons. We continue to press for an accelerated negotiation schedule, but the corporate negotiators continue to slow walk the talks. The lead negotiator for […]

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Negotiations Update 3/5/19

NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND UFCW UFCW Locals continued negotiations today with Ralphs, Albertsons and Vons. UFCW Local 324 Exec. VP Matt Bell expressed frustration at the slow pace of the process so far. “We have yet to discuss economic issues such as wages and benefits. We’re confident we can get a deal if management […]

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Food Division Negotiations 2016

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Retail Food and Meat Negotiation Update

The So Cal UFCW Locals met with Albertsons/Vons and Ralphs on April 18th and 19th. The parties discussed a number of proposals and our respective consultants were in attendance to help the parties determine the cost needed to maintain the Pension and Medical plans. We have scheduled a number of additional dates in April and […]

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Retail Food and Meat Negotiation Update

We have just concluded our initial negotiations session since resolving the IRS pension funding issues that were holding up negotiations. (Although the IRS issue is resolved, we must still get agreement from Albertsons/Vons and Ralphs to fully fund our pension and health plan.) We have some additional dates scheduled in the month of April, but […]

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