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.
A vote count was not released, and no date has been set for a strike to begin.
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“We’ve never had to take an unfair labor practice strike vote at Stater Bros., but the company has changed,” the bargaining committee said in a statement. “Since March, we’ve pushed StaterBros. for real solutions to short staffing, unsafe conditions, and unfair wages, but all we’ve seen is disrespect of our rights as reflected in these ULP charges.”…