Safeway workers in the Bay Area have temporarily halted picket lines following a request from a federal mediator for an extension on contract negotiations with the union. Over 25,000 workers are demanding higher wages and improved benefits.
Safeway workers in the Bay Area have put picket lines on hold for now after a federal mediator requested a deadline extension on the grocery chain's ongoing contract negotiations with the union representing its employees. Officials with UFCW Local 5, which represents over 25,000 Bay Area Safeway workers, were asked to stand down just before midnight on Saturday.
Union members have been seeking higher wages and improved benefits, and the potential for a strike that could affect over 200 Safeway stores throughout the region had been looming. \'We are working towards negotiating an agreement that avoids a work stoppage and appreciate the support of the customers and the communities where they work,' said joint statement from UFCW Local 5 President John Frahm, UFCW 8-Golden State President Jacques Loveall, and UFCW Local 648 President Dan Larson. 'Our members remain mobilized and ready, but as long as talks are advancing toward a fair deal, we will continue to bargain in good faith.' \Negotiations between union representatives and Safeway officials have been ongoing for the past five months, but no resolution has been reached. In preparation for a potential strike, the union held two picket lines earlier this month outside of Safeway stores in Pleasant Hill and Burlingame. Union officials reported on Saturday that there had been 'incremental progress' in the talks, but a deal had yet to be struck.
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