SoCal Grocery Stores Reach Tentative Deal with Drivers, Warehouse Workers

Teamsters Union members and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank distribute food to hundreds of port truck drivers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic during a mobile drive-through food pantry in Long Beach, Calif., on April 22, 2020. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

LOS ANGELES (CNS)—Teamsters officials representing more than 4,000 warehouse workers and truck drivers have announced a tentative agreement with Albertsons and Kroger, Southern California’s two largest grocery chains.

The deal was announced on Oct. 10, and affects workers at the Vons, Pavilions, Ralphs, and Food4Less chains. It was hammered out during virtual negotiations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and included the involvement of federal mediators.