Southern California Grocery Workers Vote to Authorize Strike

A worker at Ralphs returns a shopping cart to the store in Irvine, Calif., on Feb. 5, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

SAN DIEGO—Contract negotiations are scheduled to resume on March 30 after thousands of grocery workers across Southern California voted to authorize their union to call a strike against the owners of stores including Ralphs and Vons/Pavilions/Albertsons.

The “yes’' vote does not automatically result in a strike—it only authorizes the union to call one if no progress is made in labor negotiations.