NorCal unions approve grocery contracts, agree to deals with Safeway, Vons
ROSEVILLE, Calif. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union reported Thursday that its members in Northern California voted to approve a new four-year contract with the Safeway and Vons supermarket chains. The agreement affects approximately 25,000 workers at 300 stores.
In October, UFCW members agreed to a contract with Save Mart (Lucky in the Bay Area), Raley’s and Bel Air Markets. Parallel negotiations with the Safeway and Vons chains continued until a last-minute agreement was reached on Dec. 1, just as the previous contract was expiring.
According to the local UFCW unions, the new contracts offer the largest across-the-board wage increases in the history of Northern California grocery industry contracts.