Thousands of Safeway workers headed toward vote on strike

By Jay Heflin

Published February 20, 2020 10:47pm ET

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Thousands of Safeway workers headed toward vote on strike — FILE - In this July 29, 2013, file photo, demonstrators in support of fast food workers march towards a McDonald's as they demand higher wages and the right to form a union without retaliation in New York's Union Square. Labor leaders are getting more creative _ and some say more desperate _ in trying to boost their sagging numbers. Unions are helping non-union fast food workers around the country hold strikes to protest low wages and poor working conditions. They are organizing home day care workers, university graduate students and even newly legalized marijuana dealers. | (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Over 10,000 union workers at over 100 Safeway grocery stores in the greater D.C. area are likely to strike, according to a union spokesperson, since an agreement with management is not expected before the March 5 deadline.

The spokesperson for the union, the United Food and Commercial Workers 400, said that, at the March 5 meeting, the members are likely to reject the offer from Safeway and will then vote on whether or not to strike.

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