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Workforce Management

  • Study: Discounting and Demographic Trends Put Pressure on Food Distributors

    Food distributors are being squeezed by three powerful trends that are pressing the industry to further increase efficiencies in distribution centers (DCs) and try even harder to meet customers' logistics needs, according to the 2001 Food Industry Distribution Center Benchmarking Report, recently released by FDI and FMI.

  • Albertson's Names Kathy J. Herbert to Head Human Resources

    Albertson's Inc. announced that Kathy J. Herbert, 48, has been named Executive Vice President - Human Resources, reporting directly to Larry Johnston, Chairman and CEO.

  • Safeway Files Lawsuit and Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against UFCW

    PLEASANTON, Calif., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Safeway filed suit today in Federal Court charging that the United Food and Commercial Workers union has engaged in blatant ``voting irregularities''.

  • ShopRite Revised Proposal Rejected By Union Leadership

    CLEMENTON, N.J., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- ShopRite announced today that the revised contract proposal they had presented to UFCW Local 1360 was rejected without review by union membership. The contracts between ShopRite and the Local expired in March/April and the parties continued to operate under an extension while they negotiated. On September 6, 2001 the union called for a work stoppage.

  • New Jersey Union Rejects Shop Rite Offer

    The union representing 1,400 striking workers at 10 Shop Rite supermarkets in southern New Jersey on Tuesday rejected the latest company contract proposal for settling the four-week old strike.

  • Grocery Strike Probable in Bay Area

    Safeway and Albertson's on Tuesday offered their 28,000 unionized workers in Northern California a contract that includes a proposed wage increase the union has said for several months is unacceptable. The union said a strike is very probable as early as Oct. 8.

  • Kmart Names David Montoya Executive VP, Store Operations

    Kmart Corporation on Tuesday announced the appointment of David Montoya to Executive Vice President, Store Operations, effectively immediately. Montoya will be responsible for all aspects of store operations for Kmart's more than 2,100 retail outlets.

  • Northern California Clerks and Meatcutter Union Reaches Agreement with Area Retailers

    United Food and Commercial Workers 588-Northern California today announced that it had reached tentative Agreement on a new, three-year collective bargaining agreement for its over 7,000 members who work in area Raley's, Bel Air and Nob Hill Foods supermarkets.
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