After five months at the bargaining table, the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) 3000 union voted to reject their employers’ latest contract by more than 97%.

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UFCW Local 7 said that over nine months, workers from multiple states have been seeking to end a chronic understaffing crisis.