"This is about fairness and respect for hard-working, frontline members who keep our communities fed and our stores running," ...

According to officials with UFCW Local 5, which represents North Coast and Bay Area Safeway employees, union officials were ...

A strike involving thousands of Safeway workers across the state and here in the Bay Area has been averted, at least for now.

The union said it is pushing for higher wages, funding for health care and pension benefits and scheduling provisions.