Negotiations continue today with Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons and are conducted by Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Neither side can discuss schedules, locations or information regarding negotiations.
The extension agreements remaining in effect.

On Wednesday May 18th the corporations that own Ralphs, Vons, and Albertsons did present your union with a health care proposal that would effectively destroy your health coverage.

Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons’ Health Care Proposal will cost its employees $450 million over 3 years.

Their plan would shift an estimated 80% of future cost increases to you by increasing premiums, cutting benefits, and limiting your access to certain benefits. These changes will increase the cost of your health care to unaffordable levels.

Essentially, your management has refused to compromise on providing health benefits, instead creating a plan that mirrors that of corporate health care villain Wal-Mart: so expensive and ineffective that most employees choose not to participate.

The amount of costs they are trying to shift to you, over three years, is equivalent to 3% of their profits. Despite the fact that it would only cost them 3% of their total profit to maintain your and your family’s health care, they would rather risk a strike and abuse their employees to marginally increase their already considerable profits.

Your union cannot and will not stand for this! We will be updating you as this situation develops, but we encourage you to stay united and remain prepared to fight for your wages and benefits.

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