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Northern California Grocery Negotiations Local 5 is currently in negotiations with Safeway, Save Mart and Raleys. The union is participating in talks with the employers jointly with Locals 8 and 648. The negotiations cover 53,000 UFCW members throughout Northern California but will have an impact on UFCW members across the country. Collective bargaining, or negotiating a contract that covers all facets of work under which the local's members are employed, is not easy business. Particularly in the worst economy since the great depression, coming to agreement with employers who want to slash wages and benefits, can only succeed with the full participation of the membership. To that end the union has set up a dedicated email address (negotiations@ufcw5.org) where members can provide ideas and proposals for contract talks. The union newspaper, website, FaceBook page and smart phone apps are all dedicated to contract negotiations for the duration of the talks. Below is a chronological update of the talks: February 2: Negotiations to proceed with Safeway, Save Mart and Raleys and Locals 5, 8 and 648. January 23: Locals 5, 8 and 648 reconvene talks with the employers this week. The union established a dedicated email address (negotiations@ufcw5.org) for members to submit ideas and proposals for negotiations. The union negotiating committee has received the proposals, will evaluate them and make them part of the union's agenda. Here is a report from President Ron Lind directly from the talks on January 23: Negotiations resumed today with Save Mart, Raley’s and Safeway. The unions took the opportunity to raise issues with all three companies regarding scheduling preference for senior employees, more hour availability and better full-time job guarantees. Local 5 members from Save Mart and Safeway discussed real life issues that they and their co-workers face at the stores. The companies and the unions agreed to further discussion on these issues at an all-day session on a future bargaining date. Ron Lind November 18: Local 5 met with Raleys, Safeway and Save Mart on Thursday and Friday. At the meeting Friday negotiators agreed on am extension through December 15. More time is necessary due to the extremely complex nature health plan funding and the fact that there has not been enough progress to call for a ratification or strike vote. Talks are set to pick up again in late November. October 18: Yesterday the unions and companies met. After exchanging proposals, incomplete on management’s part, talks were put off until next Monday. See update 6 below for more details. As times change, so have the ways the union will work to keep you updated throughout the negotiations process. One new method is the union's ENegotiationsUpdates. Members will have access to timely updates on the status of contract talks via union reps distributing updates in the work place, on the website and through various social media the union has engaged, like Face Book. Click here to review volume one of the ENegotiationsUpdate Proposals Exchanged Between UFCW Locals 5, 8 and 648 in Northern California Grocery Negotiations Union Proposals to the Companies Union proposals to Raleys 1-17-11 Company Proposals to the Unions Safeway proposals to the Unions 12-5-11 Save Mart non-economic proposals 10-25-11
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