"This is about fairness and respect for hard-working, frontline members who keep our communities fed and our stores running," said Jacques Loveall, president of UFCW 8-Golden State in a statement. "We ...

Safeway workers must reject the UFCW’s concessionary deal, which hides wage cuts and job losses behind empty “highlights,” ...

Before an agreement was reached, grocery workers across Northern and Central California prepared to strike starting on ...

UFCW Local 5 and UFCW Local 648 announced early Sunday morning that they reached a tentative deal to avert a strike at ...

A tentative agreement has been reached between UFCW 8-Golden State, UFCW Locals 5 and 648, and Albertsons Companies, the parent company of Safeway and Vons groc ...

Thousands of Safeway employees across the Bay Area could go on strike Saturday if a new labor agreement isn't reached by midnight Friday.

Additionally, on Monday night and Tuesday morning, Safeway and Albertsons workers in Fort Collins, Greeley, Longmont, Loveland and Colorado Springs have all voted over 95% to authorize a strike.

The deal follows five months of negotiations and growing strike momentum from the 16,000 Safeway employees represented by the unions in the Bay Area.

It's been about two weeks since workers with Albertsons and Safeway walked off the job to go on strike for unfair labor practices, and union officials provided a brief bargaining update on Saturday.

Safeway employees hold signs and wave to drivers during a protest over what the union says are unfair labor practices, outside a store in Littleton on Monday, June 16, 2025.

The labor action began June 15 at stores in Fountain, Pueblo, Estes Park and a distribution center in Denver. The strike has been incremental, with one or two stores joining the picket line at a time.