12,000 Southern California Workers Authorize Strike Against Stater Bros.

12,000 Stater Bros. workers authorized to strike across SoCal stores after union vote

The UFCW Local 135 union voted Friday to authorize a strike by 12,000 Stater Bros. employees. The vote does not mean a strike is immediate.

Strike deadline extended by unions representing Safeway and Vons workers in California

Approximately 25,000 grocery workers from the Grapevine to the Oregon border are prepared to strike if talks collapse. UFCW 8-Golden State members in Kern, Inyo, and Mono Counties are also participating in joint bargaining efforts.

12,000 Southern California workers authorize strike against Stater Bros.

The union representing more than 12,000 grocery store workers from the U.S.-Mexico border to Bakersfield voted Friday, July 25, to authorize a strike against supermarket chain Stater Bros. Markets. No date has been set for a strike. The decision by the United Food and Commercial Workers to authorize an unfair labor practice strike against San Bernardino-based Stater Bros. comes two weeks after the region’s largest grocery workers’ union agreed t…

Stater Bros. workers OK strike as contract talks set to resume

A renovated Stater Bros. store in Riverside County. (Photo courtesy of the company) Negotiations are scheduled to resume on Wednesday between the union representing approximately 12,000 Stater Bros. workers and the Southern California-based grocery store chain following an overwhelming membership vote in favor of authorizing their bargaining team to call an unfair labor practice strike. “This vote sends a strong message to Stater Bros.: We’ve ha…

Stater Bros. Grocery Employees Workers Authorize Strike

Negotiations are scheduled to resume Wednesday between the union representing approximately 12,000 Stater Bros. workers and the grocery store chain following the announcement of an overwhelming membership vote in favor of authorizing their bargaining team to call an unfair labor practice strike. “This vote sends a strong message to Stater Bros.: We’ve had enough of their union-busting tactics that undermine workers and silence our voices,” the U…

Stater Bros. employees authorize strike; negotiations set to resume Wednesday

The union representing approximately 12,000 Stater Bros. workers voted in favor of authorizing their bargaining team to call a strike.