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LABOR: Union voting to authorize Rite Aid strike
http://www.pe.com/business/business-headlines/20120726-labor-union-voting-to-authorize-rite-aid-strike.ece
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Workers at area Rite Aid stores are voting whether to authorize a strike against the company, a step usually taken to intensify contract negotiations.
BY JACK KATZANEK
STAFF WRITER
jkatzanek@pe.com
Published: 26 July 2012 04:32 PM
Unionized workers at Southern California’s Rite Aid stores, upset with company officials’ contract proposals, are voting whether they will allow their leaders to call a strike against the pharmacy chain.
Some 6,000 workers represented by seven United Food and Commercial Workers locals began the vote on Thursday, July 26, to authorize a strike against Rite Aid. The balloting is expected to continue during the weekend, and the results will be announced Tuesday, according to a union statement.
Workers, who include pharmacists along with clerks and cashiers, have been working under an expired contract since July 15, and two weeks ago both sides agreed to stop the clock and extend the expired deal into August.
Authorizing a strike is a common tactic for labor unions to put pressure on an employer when union leaders believe contract negotiations are going slowly. If the members agree, it does not mean a strike is imminent.
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