The union representing more than 2,000 Gelson’s Market workers across Southern California announced Wednesday it has reached a tentative labor agreement with the grocery chain.
Specific details were not released, but the United Food and Commercial Workers union said in a statement the deal will security “higher wages, more money for pension contributions, additional health and welfare improvements, staffing and more.”
“This victory was only possible because of our hard work and solidarity with our co-workers, our customers, and our union siblings at Ralphs, Vons, Albertsons, Pavilions, and Stater Bros.,” the union’s bargaining committee said in a statement. “Every pledge card and petition we signed, delegation we participated in, social media post we shared, customer we engaged, and action we attended helped get us to this point. Our victory sends a powerful message to workers everywhere — when we band together in solidarity, we win.”
Meetings will be scheduled in the coming days with union members to discuss the contract proposal, followed by a ratification vote.
Last month, workers for Albertsons, Pavilions, Ralphs, Vons and Super A stores ratified a new contract. Workers for Stater Bros. are in the midst of voting on a contract proposal that was reached last week.
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