Three major supermarket chains have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with the United Food and Commercial Workers union in the Bay Area. Negotiations were likely influenced by the supermarket strike in Central and Southern California a year ago. The contract doesn't include a two-tier wage system, which was one of the most controversial issues in the Central and Southern California labor dispute.
See "Grocers, Union in Bay Area Reach Deal", Lisa Girion, Los Angeles Times, January 24, 2005