The United Food and Commercial Workers union announced that they had reached a tentative deal with Vons, Ralphs, and Albertsons after months of negotiations. The deal is significant because the California UCFW Local 70 has had multiple strikes during past negotiations, the last of which lasted 141 days and cost the grocers about $2 billion. The tentative deal will now head to a vote by the 60,000 members. Few details are available regarding the contents of the deal.
See "Strike averted? Vons, Ralphs, Albertsons reach tentative deal with union", Shan Li, Los Angeles Times, May 22, 2014