Food 4 Less Workers’ Union and Grocer Reach Tentative Labor Deal, Avoiding Strike

Food 4 Less Workers’ Union and Grocer Reach Tentative Labor Deal, Avoiding Strike
A Food 4 Less employee pushes carts past supermarket workers gathered to protest in front of the supermarket in Long Beach, California on February 3, 2021, after a decision by owner Kroger to close two supermarkets rather than pay workers an additional $4.00 in "hazard pay" for their continued work during the coronavirus pandemic. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images
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LOS ANGELES—The union representing thousands of Food 4 Less workers reached a tentative contract agreement on June 25 with the grocery company, averting a potential strike.

Workers had previously authorized a work stoppage if labor talks failed. But representatives of United Food and Commercial Workers Locals 8GS, 135, 324, 770, 1167, 1428, and 1442 announced on the day that they had reached a tentative deal that includes “substantial wage increases for all workers, more guaranteed hours and other contract improvements.”

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