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9. Last minute negotiations avert striike

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Just two hours before a 7 p.m. strike deadline, two big grocery unions said they reached a tentative agreement in labor talks with four supermarket chains Monday.

Union negotiators said they unanimously recommended the new contract, but workers still must give their approval. Vote meetings have yet to be arranged, and no other details were given.

Talks between the unions and four major grocery chains — Albertson’s, Fred Meyer, Safeway and QFC — affected about 21,000 workers in King, Kitsap, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston and Mason counties.

Allied Employers, which represented the companies throughout negotiations, said in a statement that the agreement “continues to preserve good wages, secure pensions and access to quality, affordable health care for our employees.”

Union spokesman Tom Geiger, who represents United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), said labor negotiators are “very pleased” with the proposed new terms, and that’s “reflected in their unanimous recommendation.”

He added that they included not only union leaders, but also about two dozen grocery workers. The union locals involved were Teamsters 38 and UFCW 21 and 367