Grocery talks stall again as latest wage offer amounts to ‘another nickle,’ UFCW says

The union representing some 60,000 grocery workers across Southern California will amplify its living-wage message to shoppers in the coming weeks, following three more days of unproductive contract negotiations.
The latest negotiations with executives from Ralphs, Vons, Albertsons and Pavilions concluded Wednesday, Aug. 14, and the United Food and Commercial Workers, in a message on the websites of its seven locals, said that the stores want to “only offer a nickel a year.”
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