SoCal grocery store workers approve new contract

The Brief

  • Union workers at Southern California Albertsons, Pavillions, Ralphs and Vons stores voted to approve their new three-year contract.
  • The contract includes higher pay, better pensions, healthcare and staffing and more.
  • The contract will go into effect immediately.

LOS ANGELES More than 40,000 grocery workers at Southern California Albertsons, Pavillions, Ralphs and Vons stores voted to approve a new three-year contract on Friday night, the union announced.

What we know:

The United Food and Commercial Workers union announced the vote on Friday night. The roughly 45,000 workers come from stores from San Luis Obispo to the U.S. – Mexico border.

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