Negotiations Continue This Week
Store Delegations and SJ Rally Thursday
Negotiations continue this week with Lucky-Save Mart on the 15th and 16th, with Safeway on the 17th and with Raley's-Nob Hill on the 18th. Talks with Raley's- Nob Hill are under the auspices of a federal mediator.
On Thursday store delegations will take place throughout Northern California culminating with a mass rally in San Jose at Plaza de Cesar Chavez Park at 4PM. See more information in the left hand column.
Raley's-Nob Hill Strike Vote Meetings
Bring out Members in Large Numbers
Members gather at the Hayward office to vote
Members are taking a strike vote at Raley's-Nob Hill. As of Friday the 11th meetings have taken place in Martinez, Gilroy, San Jose and Hayward. So far attendance has been high and the mood determined. Voting will conclude Wednesday May 16.
Union rep Oscar Orozco makes a point at the Martinez meeting
Lucky-Save Mart Signs Extension
Late on the afternoon of May 9 Lucky-Save Mart agreed to a contract extension through May 19. Bargaining dates have been set for 15, 16 and 19. Accordingly the company's plan to terminate the contract at midnight May 9 was cancelled.
May a Month for Action
MAY WILL BE A DEFINING MONTH FOR THE UNION: STAY INVOLVED!
May is developing into a very busy and defining month for the union. Actions and events that run the spectrum from grocery negotiations and strike authorization votes to keeping Walmart neighborhood stores out of Northern California are on tap. Here are the details:
RALEY'S-NOB HILL STRIKE AUTHORIZATION MEETINGS:
Due to Raley’s behavior at the bargaining table it has become necessary to schedule strike votes. Voting will take place at live meetings in various locations and between meetings at San Jose, Martinez, Hayward, South San Francisco, and Salinas (the Sports Complex).
Monday, May 14, 2012
Aptos, Seacliff Inn, 750 Old Dominion Court, 9 am and 7 pm
Napa, Embassy suites, 1075 California Blvd., 9 am and 7 pm
South San Francisco office, 208 Miller Ave., 9 am and 7 pm
Tuesday, May 15
Salinas, Sports Complex, 1034 N. Main Street, Salinas – 9 am and 7 pm
Vallejo, Teamster Hall, 445 Nebraska Street, 9 am and 7 pm
Wednesday, May 16
Ukiah, Round Table Pizza, 292 South State Street, 2 pm and 6 pm
Santa Rosa, Round Table Pizza, 550 Montecito Plaza, 3.30 pm and 7 pm
WALMART MEETINGS:
Walmart is continuing its attempt to bring grocery stores to Northern California. The next meeting to stop them will be held in Hayward on May 22. Save good grocery jobs, join the fight to keep Walmart out. This is a union market share eligible event. Please note this is a date change to the 22nd from the 15th.
Tuesday May 22 DATE CHANGED FROM THE 15TH
Hayward City Council meeting: Walmart Appeal, 7PM
City Hall, 777 B Street, Hayward
See a flyer for the Hayward meeting here
PLEDGE CARD ACTIONS:
Pledge card actions continue throughout Local 5. This very successful combination of support card signing by the public and distribution of reusable grocery bags by the union is coming to a store near you. Your participation is requested and these are union market share events.
Tuesday May 15
Safeway, 774 Admiral Callaghan Lane, Vallejo, 3-6PM
Nob Hill, 1320 S. Main St., Salinas, 3-6PM
Lucky, 1322 EL Camino, San Bruno, 3-6PM
MAY 17 DAY OF ACTION
On May 17 buses will converge on San Jose from Novato, Vacaville and Salinas. Along the way they will stop at stores to advise management that workers and retirees deserve a decent contract settlement that protects their wages, benefits and working conditions. Grocery workers, community supporters and politicians will be on the bus and in the delegations. The day will be capped off by a mass rally in Cesar Chavez Plaza across from the San Jose office.
Your participation is key to the success of our negotiations and other endevours. Make sure to stay involved!
Click here for the Raley's-Nob Hill strike vote schedule
Click here for the Raley's extension and here for the press release.
Click here for the May Local 5 Agenda
Click here for grocery negotiations FAQ's
Click here for the latest negotiations update
Click here to view a Solidarity Alliance posting from Locals 5 and 8 about Raleys-Nob Hill.
Macy's Member Vote to Authorize
Committee to call Strike
Macy's members from the Pleasanton furniture store voted Sunday
night to authorize the bargaining committee to call a strike
Macy's members from the Pleasanton furniture store voted overwhelmingly on Suday evening to authorize the contract bargaining committee to call a strike. Since voting to join the union last July workers there have not been able to come to an agreement with management over a contract. The vote was taken to allow the committee to take action should bargaining continue to be fruitless. The Northern California Joint Council of Teamsters 7 and the Alameda Labor Council also voted unanimously to support the workers.
Macy's Pleasanton furniture store member Grisell Navas makes a point
in support of the bargaining committee Sunday night
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Employers Available on Website
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