Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports Grocery Workers across the U.S., largely represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), are taking a stand against the Corporate Grocery Giants - Kroger and Albertsons, as coordinated negotiations gain more support and popularity among the Rank-and-File. Strike Authorization Votes are sweeping through multiple States and several UFCW Locals in what could be one of the largest coordinated labor actions in the Union’s history. More Than 150,000 UFCW and Teamsters Grocery Workers are currently negotiating. Tens of thousands of these Workers, including in Colorado, Washington, and California, are taking Strike Votes this week. Many more could be joining with additional Strike Votes as the Summer continues. Kroger and Albertsons, the faces of Big Grocery, meanwhile, have funneled $9.5 billion combined into stock buybacks since 2023 - money that could have raised wages for Workers, lowered prices for consumers and hired more Staff for safer stores. But for Big Grocery maximizing profits at all costs is their only priority -the Workers and customers be damned. Across the board, however, Workers are rejecting concessionary contract offers, speed-ups, short-staffing, health care cuts - and are demanding livable wages and basic dignity.

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