Multiple sources report Schnucks may be the target of a future strike.
United Food and Commercial Workers Local Union 88, representing 1,242 Schnuck Market Inc. workers across Missouri and Illinois, said its members "overwhelmingly" voted Thursday, June 22, to reject a contract offer from the St. Louis-based family-owned grocer.
UFCW claims Schnucks' offer jeopardizes union members' health care plan and does not offer competitive wages.
Thursday's action means the UFCW rank-and-file has authorized union leadership to call for a strike, should it become necessary
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