COMMERCE, Calif.—A picket line is planned June 20 at a Smart & Final warehouse in Los Angeles County, one day after more than 600 workers at two of the grocery chain’s warehouses in Southern California went on strike to protest “mass layoffs and other unfair labor practices,” their union said.
The workers are represented by Teamsters Local 630, which says the grocery chain—owned by Commerce-based Chedraui USA—plans to close unionized Smart & Final warehouses in Commerce and Riverside. The union said that workers are being forced to reapply for employment at $10 to $12 less per hour at a new warehouse in Rancho Cucamonga.
