Category Archives: What’s Happening

Walgreens Boots Alliance and Rite Aid Enter into Amendment and Extension to Merger Agreement

Walgreens Boots Alliance and Rite Aid Enter into Amendment and Extension to Merger Agreement Deerfield, Ill. and Camp Hill, Pa., 30 January 2017 – Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA) and Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) today announced that they have entered into an amendment and extension of their previously announced definitive merger agreement under […]

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Rite Aid Merger 12/21

Letter to Walgreens and Rite Aid UFCW members RE: Fred’s Agreement Walgreens agreement to buy Rite-Aid still needs the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) approval to complete the deal.   If approved, Walgreens has agreed to sell 865 Rite Aid stores to pharmacy-operator Fred’s Inc. Fred’s Pharmacy has stated publicly that if it were to acquire these […]

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Open Letter to Kaiser members

November 24, 2016 Coalition Union Brothers and Sisters, Keeping our promise as your Coalition union leaders, we recently met again with Kaiser Permanente management on the progress of the financial performance of the Southern California region and what that means for your Performance Sharing Program (PSP) bonus. You’ll soon be getting reports on how we […]

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September 9, 2016: Stater Bros. Contract Negotiations Update

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] September 9, 2016 Stater Bros. Contract Negotiations Update Congratulations to all Stater Bros. members. Your contract was overwhelmingly accepted yesterday by all Southern California Locals. Wage increases should be reflected in your check for the week of September 19. Retro pay should follow within 30 days. [/et_pb_text] […]

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UPDATE: August 24, 2016: Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons Pharmacists

UPDATE: August 24, 2016 Dear Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons Pharmacists: Bargaining resumed with your Companies on August 22. Throughout these negotiations your Union has maintained our goals of adequate staffing in the pharmacies, competitive wages for pharmacists and PICs and maintenance of medical and pension benefits. Unfortunately, management does not share our concerns regarding adequate […]

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