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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
Wed Aug 15, 2018, 09:32 AM Aug 2018

Giant Eagle Unionized Workers Ratify New 3-Year Contract

https://progressivegrocer.com/giant-eagle-unionized-workers-ratify-new-3-year-contract

Pittsburgh-area Giant Eagle associates represented by United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1776 Keystone State (KS) “overwhelmingly” voted in favor of a new three-year contract that boosts wages and benefits for about 5,500 employees of the supermarket chain at 35 corporate-owned stores in western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, according to the union.

Among the new contract’s features:

Increase to a $10-per-hour starting rate, rising to $11 in two years

Substantial wage increases for current and future associates in each year of the contract
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