By Rachel Dillin
Source: Men’s Journal
Labor unrest is escalating in the grocery industry as workers at Albertsons, Safeway, and Kroger stores in five states have authorized strikes, pushing back against stalled contract negotiations, low wages, and understaffing.
Unionized employees with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) have already walked off the job at Safeway locations in Colorado, where picketers stood outside stores holding signs that read, “Please Do Not Patronize Safeway” and “Employees on Unfair Labor Practices Strike.”
More job actions could spread quickly, as union locals in California, Idaho, Washington, and New Mexico prepare for their own walkouts. Some union leaders say this could result in the largest grocery strike in modern U.S. history.
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