News Los Angeles County approves hero pay for grocery workers, relief for renters The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on several measures Tuesday to provide economic…adminJanuary 6, 2021
News Controversy Over Nebraska Meat Packing Plant Covid Vaccinations The Governor’s statement earlier this week that only people working legally in Nebraska meat packing…adminJanuary 6, 2021
News ‘Lazy,’ ‘Money-Oriented,’ ‘Single Mother’: How Union-Busting Firms Compile Dossiers on Employees A leaked internal “polling” spreadsheet from one of the country’s top union avoidance firms offers…adminJanuary 6, 2021
News UFCW Calls on Albertsons to Halt Effort to Eliminate Jobs of Essential Grocery Workers Vital to Food Access for Millions Amid COVID Surge The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), which represents 1.3 million frontline workers…adminJanuary 5, 2021
News The Trump administration approved faster line speeds at chicken plants. Those facilities are more likely to have covid-19 cases. More than 60 percent of meat plant workers are Black, Latino, Asian American or Native American,…adminJanuary 4, 2021
News Growing concerns for supermarket employees hard-hit by pandemic The union for retail food workers says more needs to be done to protect employees.…adminJanuary 4, 2021
News Grocery trends: Fewer new products, but more changes in supermarkets and shopping He believes many supermarkets will implement a “reservation” model, and will be laid out in…adminJanuary 4, 2021
Contract Negotiations Negotiations Update – Dec. 31, 2020 We had discussions with the employers this week regarding a new collective-bargaining agreement, however, the…adminDecember 31, 2020
Contract Negotiations Negotiations Update – Dec. 24, 2020 Local 99’s bargaining committee is committed to negotiating for a fair and equitable contract for…adminDecember 24, 2020
Contract Negotiations Negotiations Update – Dec. 17, 2020 The Local 99 bargaining team met with the employers earlier this week and another meeting…adminDecember 18, 2020