Tentative Contract Agreement Reached Between UFCW Unions in Northern California and Safeway/Vons

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1. Additional details from UFCW Local 5 website

TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED WITH SAFEWAY
Historic Settlement Includes Largest Pay Package Ever Negotiated by UFCW

UFCW Locals 5, 8 and 648 have reached a tentative agreement for a new contract with Safeway Stores.

The historic deal comes just a week after the unions settled with Save Mart/Lucky avoiding a threatened strike by just a few days.

While details of the agreement have not been released, the settlement includes improvements and adequate funding for health and pension benefits, more full-time jobs, shorter progression steps and the largest total wage increase ever negotiated for grocery workers, according to Local 5 President John Nunes.

“We were able to achieve all of the bargaining priorities that our members set out and more because they stood together and made it clear to the company that they were willing to do whatever was necessary to get the contract that they deserved,” Nunes said.

Read more: https://ufcw5.org/2022/04/tentative-agreement-safeway/