By Timothy Inklebarger
Source: Supermarket News
Some 90 Albertsons truck drivers represented by Dallas-based Teamsters Local 745 have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike over contract negotiations that union members say would pave the way for self-driving trucks.
The union announced Monday that 97% of its members voted in favor of the strike authorization, arguing that language in the proposed contract “would allow the use of unsafe, unregulated autonomous trucks—putting jobs, families, and public safety at risk.”
The authorization means the workers could call a work stoppage at any time.
The union said in a press release that it also is calling on Albertsons to match wages, pensions, and job protections enjoyed by Albertsons Teamsters members in other parts of the country.
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