Food 4 Less Workers Authorize Strike; Talks to Resume Monday

A Food 4 Less employee pushes carts past supermarket workers gathered to protest in front of the supermarket in Long Beach, Calif. on Feb. 3, 2021, after a decision by owner Kroger to close two supermarkets rather than pay workers an additional $4 in "hazard pay" for their continued work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—Negotiations are set to resume June 17 between Food 4 Less and the union representing its approximately 6,000 workers, three days after employees finished voting overwhelming to authorize a strike.

“Today’s overwhelming strike authorization vote sends a clear message to the company: we will not be divided,” the union’s bargaining committee said in a statement released Friday.