California grocery workers vote to authorize strike
(KYMA, KECY/ AP News) - 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, about 47,000 workers at hundreds of Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions voted starting last week and the results were announced Sunday.
The possible walkout would involve grocery clerks, meat cutters, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians represented by seven locals of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.
This all due to workers being proposed a low increase in wages after asking for raise of $5.
No strike has been immediately set. The union said talks wll resume Wednesday and if bargaining breaks down again, it would decide what steps to take next.
