Light At End Of Tunnel For Strike
Grocery Workers To Vote Saturday On Tentative Agreement
POSTED: 11:48 am PST February 27,
2004
UPDATED: 1:59 pm PST February 27,
2004
SAN DIEGO -- Grocery strikers had a bounce in their step Friday after they received word that a tentative agreement was reached between the union and supermarkets, 10News reported.
Members of the seven striking and locked out locals of the United Food and Commercial Workers union will vote on the tentative agreement in meetings throughout Southern California Saturday and Sunday.
Union leaders agreed to fully recommend ratification of the contract to its membership and ratification is expected to end the longest supermarket strike in U.S. history, according to a statement from the chains.READ STATEMENT FROM UFCW'S INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT "We are very pleased to have reached this agreement and at the prospect of seeing our employees return to work," a statement from Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons said. "This labor dispute has been difficult for everyone involved -- our employees, our customers and our companies -- and we look forward to its conclusion." Details of the agreement will not be released to the public and union officials will not comment on it until all members have had an opportunity to vote on it, the statement said.Results of the voting will be announced Sunday night, according to the statement.A signed contract would reach beyond the doors of the stores, 10News reported. Bruce Howard, from Espresso Yourself, said he has served fewer coffees since the strike started 139 days ago."We had immediate reductions in sales for October, November (and) December," Howard said. "The more the major draw has, the more we will get into smaller places."The wait staff at Jimmy's Restaurant has been serving fewer meals since the grocery strike started, 10News reported."(The stores) pull in a lot of people all day long, seven days a week. We feed off that," said Roger Harvey, from Jimmy's Restaurant. "I have a lot of people who would eat, shop -- shop and eat -- and that routine's been busted."Harvey said it will take time to rebuild his business, but everyone is looking forward to getting back to "normal.""I'm quitting my other job that I've been working, so I can go back to my 'real' job," said Tammy Pinky, a grocery striker.
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Previous Stories:
- February 27, 2004: Tentative Agreement Reached In Strike
- February 25, 2004: New Hope On Horizon For Grocery Strikers?
- February 9, 2004: Strikers Struggle To Keep Faith
- February 4, 2004: Supermarkets Reject Union's Offer
- February 4, 2004: 'Dramatic Development' Promised In Strike
- January 23, 2004: Strikers March, Rally Through Downtown San Diego
- January 13, 2004: Striking Begins At Ralphs Loading Docks
- January 12, 2004: Grocery Strike: No Action After Private Talks
- January 3, 2004: Suit Alleges Unlawful Hiring By Ralphs
- December 23, 2003: Food Drive Benefits Striking Grocery Workers
- December 16, 2003: Union Leaders Call For Grocery Boycott
- December 11, 2003: No End In Sight For Grocery Strike
- December 8, 2003: Picket Lines Expected To Expand
- December 4, 2003: Striking Store Shelves Shriveling?
- December 2, 2003: Charities Suffer From Grocery Strike
- December 2, 2003: Fourth Try At Grocery Strike Negotiations Begins
- November 29, 2003: Forth Round Of Supermarket/Union Talks Scheduled
- November 25, 2003: Grocery Strike Takes Turn For Worse
- November 21, 2003: Grocery Negotiations To Resume
- November 10, 2003: Grocery Strike: Both Sides Talking
- October 31, 2003: Union 'Making Life Easier' For Grocery Consumers
- October 22, 2003: Grocers: Wal-Mart Playing Part In Grocery Strike
- October 20, 2003: Strike Splits Small Town Between Stores, Workers
- October 16, 2003: Economist: Strike Could Cost State $6M Per Day
- October 15, 2003: Lawyer: Union Lawsuit Has No Merit
- October 14, 2003: Grocery Clerks Continue To Picket
- October 14, 2003: Supermarket Strike Sends Shoppers Elsewhere
- October 13, 2003: Grocery Workers Strike, Locked Out
- October 10, 2003: Stock Up Before Supermarket Strike
- October 8, 2003: Supermarket Strike Around The Corner?
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