Southern California, which is one of the most competitive food retailing markets in the United States, recently witnessed a withdrawal of a 141 workers’ strike after the United Food and Commercial Workers union arbitrated in settling a long-standing dispute between the workers and three retail giants in the region, namely Ralphs stores, Vons and Albertsons. Ralphs stores are operated by Kroger Co (KR), Vons is owned by Safeway Inc (SWY) and Albertsons’ parent company is Supervalu Inc (SVU). The discontentment was regarding funding of the employees’ health plan, which was the main sticking point during the months of negotiations. As reported by the United Food and Commercial Workers union members agreed to the deal as their leaders had urged. Earlier, both the parties wereinvolved in a bitter 141-day strike in
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