Southern California grocery workers have approved a new contract after more than eight months of negotiations. The contract covers around 62,000 employees, and the union says that it protects health care and gives a pay increase. The grocery chains said that they were happy to have a deal. The vote was taken on Saturday, days after a deal was struck. The United Food and Commercial Workers union, which represents the workers said that support for the deal from workers was very strong.
See "Grocery union members approve new labor contract", P.J. Huffstutter, Los Angeles Times, September 25, 2011