By Bridget Goldschmidt
Source: Progressive Grocer
A strike that would have involved 10,000-plus grocery workers at The Save Mart Companies’ Save Mart, Lucky and FoodMaxx supermarkets in Northern and Central California was avoided when union and management negotiators came to a tentative contract agreement this morning at 1:30 a.m. PST. The deal was reached after days of intensive round-the-clock negotiations in the presence of federal mediator Isael Hermosillo, according to UFCW 8-Golden State and UFCW Locals 5, 648 and 770.
The locals said that they would submit the agreement to union members for review, recommending ratification. Details of the tentative agreement won’t be released until all union members have had the chance to ratify it, they added, but Local 770 did note that the new three-year agreement includes annual wage increases, a Sunday premium for long-term employees, improved pension benefits and more staffing at checkouts, among other provisions.
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