California grocery workers vote to authorize strike
March 27, 2022 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of central and Southern California grocery workers have voted to authorize their union to call a strike against several major supermarket chains as contract negotiations are set to resume this week.
California grocery workers vote on strike authorization
March 21, 2022 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of southern and central California grocery workers started voting Monday on whether to authorize their union to call a strike against several major supermarket chains.
About 47,000 workers at hundreds of Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions stores are eligible to vote this week.
Poultry workers in Delaware to vote on decertifying union
March 4, 2022 GMTSELBYVILLE, Del. (AP) — The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that employees at a Mountaire Farms poultry processing plant in southern Delaware will be allowed to vote this month on whether to vote to decertify their representation by the Teamsters union, the company said Friday.
Correction: Starbucks-Union-Vote story
January 21, 2022 GMTIn a story published Dec. 9, 2021, and in prior stories on the same topic, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a Starbucks store in Buffalo was the first to unionize in the company’s history.
Denver-area grocery store strike ends with tentative deal
January 21, 2022 GMTDENVER (AP) — A union representing grocery store workers ended a strike against Denver-area supermarkets owned by Kroger Co. on Friday after reaching a tentative contract deal for workers.
The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 and King Soopers and City Market both said they had reached agreement on a three-year contract, which still must be approved by workers.
Denver area grocery store workers go on strike
January 12, 2022 GMTDENVER (AP) — Grocery store workers in the Denver area went on strike Wednesday after their union rejected the latest contract offer from a chain of stores owned by Kroger Co., the nation’s largest traditional grocery store chain.
Poultry plant workers in Delaware vote to oust labor union
December 17, 2021 GMTDOVER, Del. (AP) — Workers at a Mountaire Farms poultry processing plant in southern Delaware have voted to decertify the labor union that has been representing them, the company said Friday.
The company said more than 80% of workers who are members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 27 union voted to remove the union, according to a tally of mail-in votes at the National Labor Relations Board regional office in Baltimore on Thursday.
Fred Meyer, QFC grocery workers strike around Oregon
December 17, 2021 GMTA week-long strike is underway affecting a number of Oregon grocery stores, barely a week before Christmas Day.
Union urges CEOs of food chains to reinforce mask wearing
December 10, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The nation's largest food and retail union is urging more than 60 retail and grocery chains to implement stronger measures to help protect hourly workers amid a surge of virus infections and the new variant omicron.
Smithfield plant workers say they’re “fed up” with treatment
October 31, 2021 GMTSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Workers at a Sioux Falls pork processing plant that was overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic said the company is no longer working in good faith.
A spokesman for the United Food and Commercial Workers local union said they are “fed up” with injustices at their facilities after being on the front lines of the coronavirus at the Smithfield plant for nearly two years.
Report: At least 59,000 meat workers caught COVID, 269 died
October 27, 2021 GMTOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — At least 59,000 meatpacking workers caught COVID-19 and 269 workers died when the virus tore through the industry last year, which is significantly more than previously thought, according to a new U.S.
Striking bourbon workers ratify new Heaven Hill contract
October 23, 2021 GMTBARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Striking workers at one of the world's largest bourbon producers voted to a ratify a new contract Saturday, a day after announcing a tentative agreement with Heaven Hill.
About 420 members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 23D went on strike about six weeks ago, forming picket lines at the company's operations in Bardstown, Kentucky, after rejecting a previous contract proposal.
Big bourbon producer Heaven Hill faces strike in Kentucky
September 13, 2021 GMTUnion workers, upset over the prospect of expanded weekend shifts, have manned picket lines at bottling and warehouse operations of Kentucky-based Heaven Hill Distillery, one of the world's largest bourbon producers.
Meat, farm workers to get $600 grants in new $700M aid plan
September 7, 2021 GMTOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Meatpacking workers and farm workers who were severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic will be eligible to get grants of up to $600 per person as part of a new $700 million aid program the U.S.
Tyson Foods workers get paid sick leave; 75% vaccinated
September 3, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Tyson Foods is offering its front-line workers paid sick leave for the first time, part of an agreement that secured union support for its mandate that all U.S. employees get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus.
Rite Aid employee fatally shot after confronting thieves
July 17, 2021 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — A Rite Aid employee was fatally shot Thursday while confronting two shoplifters in Los Angeles, according to police and the union that represents workers at the store.
South Dakota pork plant, labor union reach 4-year agreement
June 10, 2021 GMTSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The union that had threatened a strike at a Smithfield pork processing plant in South Dakota says it has reached a tentative agreement with the company on a four-year contract.
Union vote authorizes strike at South Dakota pork plant
June 8, 2021 GMTSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The union at a Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in South Dakota engaged in contract negotiations Tuesday armed with the authorization to call a strike.
A strike authorization at the Sioux Falls chapter of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union was overwhelmingly approved late Monday with 98% of the vote total, the union said.
Labor negotiations escalate at South Dakota pork plant
June 4, 2021 GMTSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — In a sign of meatpacking workers becoming emboldened by the pandemic's health threats and economic repercussions, the union at a South Dakota pork processing plant that experienced a bad coronavirus outbreak last year has overwhelmingly rejected a contract offer from Smithfield Foods and will next move to bring the prospect of a strike to the negotiating table.
Union considers strike at meat plant that was virus hotspot
June 3, 2021 GMTSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Workers at a South Dakota meatpacking plant that became a coronavirus hotspot last year are considering a strike after contract negotiations between Smithfield Foods and the union have stalled, the union said Wednesday.
Stop & Shop, workers reach tentative contract agreement
April 22, 2019 GMTBOSTON (AP) — Stop & Shop supermarket workers and company officials reached a tentative contract agreement Sunday that includes wage increases for all associates and maintains health coverage, according to news releases from both parties...