Your Union bargaining team met with Raley's this week, and we continued to make progress on several important issues. Additional meetings are planned this month.

Roseville, Calif. (Oct. 18, 2019) — UFCW 8-Golden State is pleased to announce it has reached a tentative contract agreement with Foods Co. in Northern California. This follows tentative agreements reached earlier in the summer with supermarket chains in Northern, Central and Southern California.

Meetings with Raley's are scheduled to resume at the end of this month. We previously exchanged proposals and discussed details of agreements our members ratified with other major supermarket employers in Northern California.

Negotiations with Raley’s continued last week. We exchanged proposals and discussed the details in the agreements reached and ratified with other major supermarket employers in Northern California. Sufficient funding of medical and pension benefits and ensuring Union employers are competing equally are key component in these negotiations.