Negotiations are scheduled to resume Wednesday between the union representing some 12,000 Stater Bros. workers and the Southern California-based grocery store chain following the announcement of an overwhelming membership vote in favor of authorizing the union bargaining team to call an unfair labor practice strike.
A strike authorization vote does not necessarily mean there will be a strike.
United Food and Commercial Workers, which represents the workers, said it is seeking “living wages, affordable health care benefits, a reliable pension (and) more staffing and better working conditions for a better customer experience.”…