According to officials with UFCW Local 5, which represents Bay Area Safeway employees, union officials were asked to hold back picket lines just after midnight Saturday. The strikes could soon affect ...

Safeway union workers ready to strike withheld picket lines this weekend after a federal mediator requested early Saturday morning for a deadline extension on the grocery store’s ongoing union ...

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

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Unionized Safeway employees in Northern California have agreed to delay a pending strike as negotiations with the company continue. The UFCW 8 - Golden State, UFCW Locals 5 and ...