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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUPERMARKET WORKERS EXTEND PICKET LINE TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SAFEWAY/VONS STORES
Striking Workers Vow to Hold the Line Nationwide in Fight to Stop Safeway'sAttempt to Eliminate Health Care Benefits |
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(San Francisco)—Seventy-thousand members of seven United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) local unions on strike against Safeway/Vons in Southern California—and locked out by Albertsons and Kroger/Ralphs—will extend picket lines today to Northern California Safeway/Vons stores. The striking supermarket workers will ask customers not to shop Safeway/Vons until the giant supermarket ends its demands for the elimination of health care benefits at work.
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| The 1.3 million member United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) is America's neighborhood union representing workers in neighborhood grocery stores across the country. UFCW puts dinner on the table for America's families with members working in meatpacking and food processing. |
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