Negotiations are scheduled to resume Wednesday between the union representing approximately 12,000 Stater Bros. workers and the grocery store chain following the announcement of an overwhelming membership vote in favor of authorizing their bargaining team to call an unfair labor practice strike.
“This vote sends a strong message to Stater Bros.: We’ve had enough of their union-busting tactics that undermine workers and silence our voices,” the United Food and Commercial Workers Stater Bros. Bargaining Committee said in a statement released Friday.
“And if they thought Stater Bros.’ members could be scared away from standing up for our rights, they found out tonight that they are very, very wrong…