Raley's is ramping up the pressure on its workers to swallow contract savings, taking steps that could provoke the first strike in the supermarket chain's 77-year history.
Fed up with months of fruitless labor negotiations, Raley's refused late Friday to extend the contract with a Bay Area unit of the United Food and Commercial Workers.
The move doesn't necessarily translate into a strike. Workers will continue to be paid under the terms of the old contract, a situation that could continue indefinitely.
In fact, negotiations will be held almost every day this week, and Raley's expressed optimism Monday that labor peace is possible.
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