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SoCal Grocery Workers To Vote On New Contract

Union officials said the deal includes significant wage increases, stronger health care, and protected pension provisions.

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April 11, 2022

Thousands of Southern California grocery workers for Albertsons, Ralphs, Pavilions and Vons will begin voting Monday on whether to ratify a new three-year contract.

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This comes after it was announced Sunday that 13,000 grocery workers for Stater Bros. voted "overwhelmingly" to ratify their own three-year deal. Members of United Food and Commercial Workers ratified the Stater Bros. deal that was reached on April 1. It will go into effect immediately for workers at approximately 170 Stater Bros. locations across Central and Southern California. The contract is retroactive to March 7, 2022.

Union officials said the deal includes significant wage increases, stronger health care, and protected pension provisions.

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