Supermarket workers prepare to strike
Grocery store workers will vote throughout the week in regards to a potential strike as contract discussions have eclipsed two weeks. Tena Ezzeddine reports.
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How could the impending supermarket worker strike affect consumers? An expert clears the air.
With the looming possibility of supermarket workers striking in the wake of union contract discussions, Professor Sung Won Sohn of Loyola Marimount University joined the studio to discuss what effect the potential strike could have on grocery prices for consumers.
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Grocery Store Workers In Long Beach Blast Kroger's Decision To Close 2 Stores As 'Retaliation,' 'Corporate Greed'
Food 4 Less workers rallied in front of their workplace Wednesday to demand the store's parent company, Kroger, not close its doors over Long Beach's new "hero pay" ordinance.
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Longer-Lasting Avocados Coming To Kroger Stores
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Kroger Phasing Out Single-Use Plastic Bags In All Stores By 2025
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Kroger Raises Minimum Age For Gun Buyers To 21
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SoCal Ralphs Stores To Soon Get Cashless Checkout Option
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Operator Of Ralphs, Food 4 Less Holding Massive Hiring Event
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Ralphs Pleads No Contest To Overcharging Customers
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