Food 4 Less Workers Authorize Strike; Talks to Resume Monday

LOS ANGELES—Negotiations are set to resume June 17 between Food 4 Less and the union representing its approximately 6,000 workers, three days after employees finished voting overwhelming to authorize a strike. “Today’s overwhelming strike authorization vote sends a clear message to the company: we will not be divided,” the union’s bargaining committee said in a statement released Friday. “It’s us and our fellow members that are in the stores day in and day out, making record profits and keeping customers happy. But Food 4 Less is trying to intimidate, bully, and strong-arm us into accepting a contract that is less than what we deserve and far less than what their parent company, Kroger, offers to other union grocery workers in the area,” the statement continued....