UFCW Local 5, which represents about 25,000 Safeway employees in the Bay Area and Northern California, said it has spent months pushing for a new contract with better pay and healthcare benefits.

The union said they're prepared to strike at Safeway locations across Northern and Central California starting at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, July 26, if no deal is reached by the end of Friday.

There's a new strike deadline looming involving thousands of Safeway employees across the Bay Area. Over 25,000 employees could go on strike at 12:01 a.m. Sunday if a deal is not reached.

Safeway union delays strike one day amid ‘incremental progress’ Shoppers walk in and out of Safeway in Eureka on Saturday morning. The union representing workers reached a tentative agreement.

Sobeys had closed more than a quarter of B.C. Safeway stores, attempting to reopen some under the FreshCo banner with ...

About 25,000 union employees have reached a tentative agreement with Safeway, averting a planned strike that would have been the first regional labor stoppage against the company in nearly three ...

Bay Area Safeway workers authorize a strike amid contract talks By NBC Bay Area staff • Published July 16, 2025 • Updated on July 16, 2025 at 11:21 am ...

PLEASANT HILL, Calif. - Thousands of workers at one of the Bay Area’s largest supermarket chains could soon walk off the job as contract negotiations between the union and Safeway continue ...

June 15, 2025. Safeway workers in Colorado reached an agreement with Albertsons on Saturday, ending a two-week strike after local union leaders met with Safeway and its parent company on July 4.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — At around 7 a.m. on Saturday, UFCW Local 7, the largest private-sector Union in the Colorado and Wyoming area, announced on social media that a tentative agreement ...

COLORADO, USA — Safeway workers are ending their strike Saturday, after more than three weeks of picketing at 46 stores across Colorado. UFCW 7 posted on Facebook that they reached a "fully ...