Overview

• The authorization vote does not set a strike date but empowers the union to call members out should negotiations fail.
• UFCW locals have filed unfair labor practice charges accusing Stater Bros. of unlawful surveillance of union activists, discrimination based on union support, interrogation of employees, direct dealing, and failure to furnish information.
• Union demands include living wages, affordable health care, reliable pensions, increased staffing levels, and safer working conditions.
• Contract talks, stalled since the agreement expired on March 2, are scheduled to resume on July 30 and 31.
• This marks the first ULP strike authorization vote in Stater Bros. Markets’ 89-year history and reflects a shift in the chain’s labor relations strategy.