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“We were pleased to find not only that they understood and liked the grocery business, but also recognized the importance of quality employees,” a union leader said.

The United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 555 is the first union representing grocery workers to endorse Kroger, Albertsons merger.

It’s the first known support from a union representing grocery workers and contradicts the national UFCW’s opposition

UFCW Local 555 said Monday that it endorses the grocers’ proposed divestiture plan with C&S Wholesale Grocers.

UFCW 555 in Pacific Northwest endorses divestiture plan with C&S

Colorado and Washington state are already suing to stop the acquisition

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The UFCW Local 555 announced their support of the proposed Kroger and Albertsons merger as the deal faces required FTC approval and a lawsuit from Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson.

A local union representing grocery workers endorsed a pending merger on Monday between Kroger and Albertsons, two of the largest grocery chains in the United States.

Many U.S. prison guards refusing vaccine despite COVID-19 outbreaks Infection rates in prisons are more than 3 times as high as in the general public, and prison staff helped accelerate outbreaks. By NICOLE LEWIS of The Marshall Project and MICHAEL R. SISAK of The Associated Press Share Kareen Troitino stands outside the Federal Corrections Institution on March 12 in Miami. Troitino, a local corrections officer union president, said that fewer than half of the facilitys 240 employees have bee...