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Workers across 540 Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions stores vote to authorize a strike amid impasse in bargaining over wages, safety regulations.
Nearly 6,000 workers at Food 4 Less locations across California this week voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike unless Kroger, the grocery chain's owner, corrects alleged labor violations.
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Unions have said in numerous statements that the inadequate preparations by these companies to make employees safe has led to higher illnesses and deaths from COVID-19. The United Food and Commercial Workers union said 72 of its members have died and more than 5,000 are not at work due to circumstances surrounding COVID-19. [41]
Workers at grocery stores like Ralphs in San Luis Obispo are expected to vote this week on whether they will strike as contract negotiations have stalled. The action covers Southern California and ...
Kroger Co. owned Ralphs Grocery Co. supermarkets grocery chain, pleaded guilty to hiring replacement workers during the 2003-2004 Southern California grocery strike. Federal District Court assessed Ralphs a $70 Million penalty: $20 Million as a fine, and $50 Million as restitution to reimburse striked workers and their union.
On July 4, 2020, an event called The Freedom Rally was held in front of the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo to protest masks, lockdowns, the science behind COVID-19 and "liberal media." [125] In August 2021, rally organizer Caleb Wallace died of COVID-19, leaving behind three daughters and a pregnant wife. [126]
Kroger-owned Ralphs called the union's proposal unrealistic as it is expensive to do business in California, while proposing to maintain its nearly $133 million annual investment in health care ...