The results of the strike authorization vote will be announced live on UFCW Local 663's Facebook page around 8:30 p.m.
MINNEAPOLIS — Tuesday night, union leaders representing thousands of Cub Foods grocery workers will announce if members voted to authorize an unfair labor practices strike.
Approximately 3,000 UFCW Local 663 members from 33 Cub stores, who the union said have been working without a contract since March 4, cast their ballots throughout the day Tuesday after unfair labor practices charges were filed against UNFI Cub Foods.
The results of the vote will be announced live on Facebook around 8:30 p.m. Following the vote, on Wednesday, April 5 at 10:30 a.m., the union will make an announcement regarding its next steps at Cub Foods in Maple Grove.
The union is demanding better wages and better protections for workers, and alleged that UNFI Corporate Cub Foods interfered with employees "exercising their rights to participate in protected concerted activity," interrogated employees about union activity and illegally surveyed union activity.
"They want to stick us with 2018 wages in a time when we have a lot of inflation and things cost a lot more than they did in 2018," said Lauren Booth, a union member and Dairy/Frozen manager at Cub.
As part of their request for a two-year contract, the grocery workers union proposed a two-year increase of $4 per hour for full-time workers, $2 in the first year and $2 in the second. Cub returned with a $2.75 per hour increase,...
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