If you’re a regular shopper at any Giant or Safeway store within the D.C area, chances are you may have to buy your groceries elsewhere.
More than 25,000 workers employed with more than 280 combined store locations could be going on strike over wages, healthcare, and worker pensions. Their union, on Wednesday, is expected to announce their plan to hold a strike vote.
This strike comes after months of negotiations between the two grocers and their workers' union. The Local 400 union shared the following proposals they are unwilling to accept:
Freezing new workers in D.C. and Maryland at minimum wage for the next three years
Keeping part-timers hired after Oct. 30, 2013, at a maximum of 24 hours/week, making them ineligible for benefits
Top-of-scale increases far below other parts of the country
Immediate cuts to healthcare funding
Large increases to weekly premiums for healthcare
Eliminating promise to secure pension benefits
Cuts to future pension benefits
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