Largest private-sector union ratifies 30-month contract

Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 99 voted to ratify a 30-month contract on August 31 — giving them the largest wage increase for long-term, full-time employees in more than three decades.

The agreement includes a $6,000 wage increase for long-term, full-time members, which is the largest contractual wage increase for Fry’s, Safeway and Smith’s employees in over 30 years, according to a press release from the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 99, which represents the employees.