Minneapolis – Thousands of Minnesota grocery workers voted to strike.
Cub Foods union employees said the potential strike over alleged unfair labor practices, wages and no-contract work for a month.
According to the union, the strike involves nearly 3,000 workers at 33 UNFI-owned stores, most of which are located in the Twin Cities area.
At a press conference on Wednesday morning, the union said they planned to strike in front of stores on Friday and Saturday.
List of affected stores (right side):
Cub Foods released a statement in response to the authorization to strike:
Cub cares greatly about her team members and has negotiated diligently and in good faith with local federation UFCW #663 to finalize a new collective bargaining agreement. As part of its current bid, the Cub has proposed historic wage increases and agreed to continued union health and pension plans on terms specifically requested by the union.
We are very disappointed that the union chose to spend yesterday holding a strike vote rather than using that time to meet with us to come to an agreement on the terms of a new contract. We very much hope that the union will choose to continue negotiations rather than strike. Even in the event of a strike, we stand ready to implement contingency plans to ensure the continued availability of products and services that our guests have come to rely on from the Cub.
The next bargaining session is on Tuesday.
