In Plea Agreement, Ralphs to Pay $50 Million to Workers Locked Out in Cali

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2006/07/27/in-plea-agreement-ralphs-to-pay-50-million-to-workers-locked-out-in-calif-grocery-strike/

n Plea Agreement, Ralphs to Pay $50 Million to Workers Locked Out in Calif. Grocery Strike

In late 2003 and early 2004, some 59,000 California grocery store workers were walking picket lines in a lockout and strike over the major grocery chains’ efforts to slash health care benefits. News stories at the time showed the picket lines were cutting into store sales and that stores deployed managers to staff stores.

One chain, Ralphs, kept its stores running—by rehiring locked-out workers through illegal means. Yesterday, Ralphs pleaded guilty in federal court to felony charges related to those hirings during the nearly five-month walkout by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW).