|
|
|
On March 30, workers will vote
on a contract proposal from Giant and Safeway, covering the wages
and benefits of 28,000 grocery store workers at 325 stores throughout
the Washington-Baltimore area.
The United Food and Commercial Workers Locals 400 and 27 are printing picket
signs, selecting strike captains, setting up strike funds and establishing
food banks to prepare for a labor dispute.
Safeway CEO and President Steve Burd, who is under increasing pressure from
some financial analysts questioning his competency, is leading the attack on
workers wages and benefits in the Washington-Baltimore area. Burd attempted
to effectively eliminate health care benefits for 70,000 Southern California
grocery workers resulting in the nation's longest grocery strike.
Read
More
|
|
|
|
