Raley’s employees walked off the job Sunday morning after failed negotiations over health and overtime benefits over the past year.
The strike was announced on the UFCW 8-Golden State website Saturday night and includes some 7,000 employees at Raley’s and Nob Hill stores in Northern and Central California, including in Petaluma.
Raley’s management has recently proposed a series of changes to contracts including a permanent elimination of wage premiums for working nights, Sundays and holidays, and creating two distinct classes of workers — those hired after the next contract is ratified and those hired before.
“For 15 months Raley’s has tried to dictate a laundry list of takeaways including devastating members’ and retirees’ health and welfare plan and nothing has changed,” wrote union president Jacques Loveall.
