{"id":42863,"date":"2025-07-25T12:51:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T19:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=42863"},"modified":"2025-07-25T12:51:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T19:51:07","slug":"huge-safeway-strike-possibly-looming-could-start-as-early-as-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/25\/huge-safeway-strike-possibly-looming-could-start-as-early-as-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge Safeway Strike Possibly Looming, Could Start as Early as Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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24 JULY 2025\/SF NEWS<\/a>\/JOE KUKURA<\/a> (SFist.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Safeway workers all over Central and Northern California could go on strike as soon as Saturday morning, and every Safeway north of Bakersfield could potentially have a picket line if a deal is not reached with parent company Albertsons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several Bay Area cities are\u00a0just coming out of a garbage collector strike<\/a>, but another labor strike could be looming that also affects a disproportionate number of Northern and Central California residents. KRON4 reports that\u00a0unionized Safeway employees could go on strike<\/a>\u00a0as soon as 12:01 am Saturday morning (July 26), as 25,000 union Safeway workers might be forming picket lines come Saturday morning if they don\u2019t get a new wage and benefit deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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KRON4 notes the above demonstration outside the Burlingame Safeway Wednesday afternoon. The tweet we see<\/a> is from United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 5, which represents many of the workers, as does UFCW Local 8 and Local 648.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And yes, the scene above could play out at your local Safeway as soon as Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UFCW Union Local 5 representative Jim Araby told KGO that\u00a0every Safeway in Northern California could see strikes<\/a>\u00a0from its unionized workers. “As far south as Bakersfield, up to the Oregon border, and everything in between,\u201d Araby told KGO. \u201cThose workers have been working without a contract for the last few months. It will be significant enough to impact Safeway to move them at the table.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And KGO also confirms the above claim that Safeway (and parent company Alberstons) are offering replacement worker positions paying $27 an hour in anticipation of a possible strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Safeway has sent this same statement to multiple media organizations. \u201cWe remain committed to productive, good-faith negotiations with the UFCW locals in Northern California,\u201d the statement says. \u201cWe have scheduled bargaining sessions this week and continue to work with a federal mediator. While we are disappointed that the Unions have indicated the possibility of a strike at some of our stores, we fully respect our associates\u2019 right to engage in collective bargaining.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KPIX adds a federal mediator is indeed at the bargaining table<\/a> with both sides. Those negotiations are still in progress as of press time for this post Thursday afternoon, with hopes of brokering a deal before Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: <\/strong>Garbage Piling Up In Bay Area Cities as Trash Collector Strike Enters Second Week [SFist]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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