Safeway looks to hire temp workers as UFCW strike looms The Safeway grocery chain posted flyers at its Northern California stores seeking temporary workers in case the 25,000 UFCW workers go on ...

UFCW Local 5, which represents about 25,000 Safeway employees in the Bay Area and Northern California, said it has spent months pushing for a new contract with better pay and healthcare benefits.

Safeway workers must reject the UFCW’s concessionary deal, which hides wage cuts and job losses behind empty “highlights,” and take the fight into their own hands as they prepare for a general strike.

A spokesperson for Safeway said in a statement that the company is committed to engaging in good-faith negotiations with UFCW Local 5 and other labor groups in Northern California, while also ...

Safeway workers in Northern California could be on strike as soon as Saturday if a contract deal cannot be reached. The union, which represents thousands of supermarket workers across Northern ...

More than 20,000 Safeway employees throughout Northern and Central California may soon go on strike, warning they could walk off the job as soon as this weekend. The United Food and Commercial ...

A strike deadline was to midnight tonight as Safeway employees across Northern California wait for a decision on their contract negotiations.

United Food and Commercial Workers Local 5, which represents about 25,000 Safeway employees across the Bay Area and Northern California, voted last week to authorize a strike if a deal cannot be ...

Safeway grocery workers across Central and Northern CA may strike Saturday over wages, health care funding, pension plans, and scheduling protections.

Safeway grocery workers across Central and Northern CA may strike Saturday over wages, health care funding, pension plans, and scheduling protections.