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Cub union workers to strike this weekend

Representatives say approximately 3,000 employees will strike from 5:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. both Friday and Saturday at 33 Twin Cities locations.

MAPLE GROVE, Minn — Approximately 3,000 union workers from dozens of Cub Foods locations across the Twin Cities metro will strike this Friday and Saturday after talks on a new contract stalled. 

Union representatives announced during a press conference Wednesday that workers will hold a work stoppage between 5:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. both Friday, April 7 and Saturday, April 8 due to what they call unfair labor practices. The strike involves employees at 33 corporately-owned Cub stores.

BREAKING: UFCW 663 members at @unfi @cubfoods set two day Unfair Labor Practices Strike for April 7 and April 8 for all corporate owned Cub Foods.

Posted by UFCW Local 663 on Wednesday, April 5, 2023

The announcement follows an overwhelming vote Tuesday to authorize a strike. Representatives for UFCW Local 663 says union employees have been working without a contract since March 4. 

Members are demanding better wages and better protections for workers, and call negotiations for a new contract "disappointing." They allege that UNFI Corporate Cub Foods interfered with employees "exercising their rights to participate in protected concerted activity" by interrogating employees about union activity and alleged that managers illegally surveyed union activity by logging into union Zoom meetings.   

The union has proposed a two-year contract with an increase of $4 per hour for full-time workers, with $2 in the first year and $2 in the second. Negotiators say Cub came back a proposed $2.75 per hour increase over the life of the deal with a $1.50 per hour increase in the first year and a $1.25 increase in the second year.

The following stores will be impacted by Friday and Saturday's planned work stoppage:

  1. Bloomington
  2. North Minneapolis
  3. Apple Valley
  4. Blaine North
  5. Blaine South
  6. Blaine West
  7. Brooklyn Park North
  8. Brooklyn Park South
  9. Burnsville Heart of the City
  10. Burnsville South
  11. Champlin
  12. Chanhassen
  13. Coon Rapids South
  14. Crystal
  15. Eagan East
  16. Eagan North
  17. Eagan West
  18. Fridley
  19. Lakeville North
  20. Lakeville South
  21. Lakeville West
  22. Maple Grove
  23. Monticello
  24. New Brighton
  25. Plymouth Vicksburg Ln N
  26. Plymouth
  27. Rockford Road
  28. Rosemount
  29. Savage
  30. Shorewood
  31. St. Anthony
  32. St Louis Park Uptown
  33. St Louis Park West End

Cub shared a statement with KARE 11 on the status of negotiations, saying the company "cares greatly" about its team members and has offered what it calls historic wage increases. Cub also says it has plans in place should a strike take place. 

"In the event there is a strike, we are prepared to implement contingency plans to ensure the continued availability of the products and services our guests have come to count on from Cub."

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