Articles from UFCW 8-Golden State

UFCW 8-Golden State, along with UFCW Locals 5 and 648, is proud to announce a tentative agreement with Albertsons Companies, parent company of Safeway and Vons grocery stores. The new deal delivers economic security, health care and pension improvements for 25,000 Albertsons, Safeway and Vons members.

Following five months of stalled contract negotiations, UFCW 8-Golden State, along with UFCW Locals 5 and 648, announced a temporary extension of the strike deadline after the Federal Mediator overseeing talks recommended additional time for bargaining. Union negotiators agreed to delay the strike, originally set to begin at midnight, citing incremental progress toward a tentative agreement members can review and vote on.

In a rare and powerful moment for labor solidarity, UFCW 8-Golden State announces simultaneous negotiations for retail food contracts across Northern, Central, and Southern California.

A strike involving more than 10,000 grocery workers at Save Mart/Lucky/FoodMaxx supermarkets was averted when Union and management negotiators reached a tentative contract agreement at 1:30 a.m.

UFCW 8-Golden State is proud to announce the overwhelming ratification of a new contract for the Union's members at Rite Aid stores in Northern California.

Pension Trustees representing United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Locals 5, 8, 480 and 648 in Northern California and Hawaii demand Albertsons delay an anticipated $4 billion dividend to shareholders.

Members of UFCW 8-Golden State, representing supermarket workers in Northern and Central California, voted overwhelmingly to ratify newly-negotiated labor agreements with the Safeway and Vons supermarket chains as well as the Save Mart, Lucky and Food Maxx chains in the region.

After extensive bargaining sessions, UFCW 8-Golden State has reached tentative contract agreements covering their membership with the remaining Save Mart Companies locations throughout Southern, Central, and Northern California.

UFCW 8-Golden State, in coordinated bargaining with UFCW Locals 5 and 648, is pleased to report we have reached a tentative contract agreement covering Safeway and Vons locations in Northern California and the Bay Area.