Tagged: Labor relations

10:07pm

Sun December 5, 2010
Labor Relations

Grocery workers approve new 3-year contract

Credit Bellamy Pailthorp / KPLU

Unionized grocery workers in the region say they're glad they didn't have to go on strike.  But they say the threat of a massive walk out was what helped them get a new contract they could accept.  Votes tallied over the weekend show a resounding 95% approval.   

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11:22am

Thu November 18, 2010
Labor Relations

Grocery Workers' Contract Talks Resume

Puget  Sound grocery workers gathered for a strike authorization vote
Credit Courtesy UFCW 21

With just a week to go before Thanksgiving, there's new hope in the grocery workers contract dispute.  Negotiators are back at the table today  after a resounding majority of union members threatened to go on strike.

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