Posts tagged Essential Workers for Democracy

    Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor Strike Unions

    Unionized Grocery Workers Are a Sleeping Giant

    February 5, 2025 // A coalition of UFCW Locals 7, 324, 770, and 3000 helped defeat the largest proposed grocery merger in US history between Kroger and Albertsons. Now these locals are collaborating on contract negotiations and sending support to the King Soopers strike in Colorado

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