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Poughkeepsie Journal: Grocery workers union reaches tentative agreement, averts potential strike
Grocery workers union reaches tentative agreement, averts potential strike A tentative settlement has been reached between grocery workers and three supermarket chains, the union representing the workers said Monday evening. This means a potential strike has been averted,...
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Mid-Hudson News: Supermarkets, union reach tentative contract
Supermarkets, union reach tentative contract MID-HUDSON – Stop and Shop, Pathmark and King Kullen supermarkets have reached a tentative agreement with United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500, which represents between 3,000 and 4,000 workers in Dutchess, Putnam and...
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Newsday: Supermarket union gives leaders power to call strike
Supermarket union members at Stop & Shop and King Kullen Wednesday gave their leaders the power to call a strike as the expiration of their contract nears on Saturday. Officials of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500 have been in negotiations with those stores and Pathmark since...
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People's World: Supermarket Workers Fight to Bag a Fair Deal
NEW YORK - With the clock ticking towards a June 26 contract deadline, thousands of unionized supermarket workers are negotiating in an attempt to avoid a strike, but their employers at Stop and Shop, King Kullen and Pathmark are refusing to budge. Their union, United Food and Commercial...
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Workers Independent News: UFCW Could Strike 150 Supermarkets In Southern New York State
UFCW Could Strike 150 Supermarkets In Southern New York State Southern New York State could be facing a grocery workers strike. Sixteen thousand workers represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500 are holding strike authorization meetings today. Contracts for the...
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Crain's NY: Supermarket Union Readies Strike Vote
Supermarket union readies strike vote Members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500 could walk off their jobs at 150 New York area Pathmark, Stop & Shop and King Kullen locations before the July 4 holiday. By Daniel Massey Published: June 23, 2010 - 1:16 pm...
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Fox New York: Grocery Workers Threaten Strike
Grocery Store Workers Threaten To Strike Updated: Tuesday, 22 Jun 2010, 3:40 PM EDT Published : Tuesday, 22 Jun 2010, 3:40 PM EDT BY LUKE FUNK MYFOXNY.COM - 16,000 workers at local grocery stores are getting closer to a possible strike. The current contracts with Stop and Shop, King...
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Poughkeepsie Journal: Union of grocery store workers seeks strike authorization
The labor union representing about 1,000 workers at Stop & Shop in the mid-Hudson Valley has called on them to attend a strike authorization meeting Wednesday as the end of a four-year contract approaches. A strike authorization doesn't mean a strike. It gives the group's leaders the OK...
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Bronx Times: Grocery Workers Call Federal Mediator
United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW ) Local 1500, New York State's largest grocery workers Union, has called Federal Mediators into negotiations with the three major supermarkets in hopes of avoiding a crippling strike that would effect over 150 supermarkets and 16,000 workers....
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Just-Food: US: Ahold, A&P face strike action in New York
US supermarket's Stop and Shop, King Kullen Markets and A&P are facing the prospect of strikes in New York state.