Bakery workers accept wage freeze

http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4573

28 July 2010

MINNEAPOLIS - Bakers Local 22 members employed by Lund Food Holdings ratified a new two-year agreement with no concessions, but including a two-year freeze on wages.

The company agreed to make modest increases into the Health and Welfare Fund for 2011 and 2012, provided that workers match the increase.

The agreement, ratified June 19, covers 100 workers who work in the retail bakery departments at Lunds and Byerly’s grocery stores and 85 who work in the company’s main bakery in Eden Prairie.

Lund Food Holdings, Inc. is the parent company to 10 Lunds and 11 Byerly’s supermarkets in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area.

Like other union grocers, the Lunds and Byerly’s chain is experiencing increased competition in the marketplace from non-union Walmart and Target, which are moving aggressively to become bigger players in the local grocery market.

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