Welcome to UFCW Union Local 324
A Voice for Working California
Serving 24,000 members in Los Angeles and Orange County
Greg M. Conger · President Andrea Zinder · Secretary-Treasurer

Greg M. Conger
President
International Vice President
Your Union is at your service as it has been since July 3, 1936 when it occupied a one-room rental office in Long Beach and represented fewer than 2,000 members. From that small but determined beginning has emerged the Union we have today.
The wages, benefits and working conditions set forth by your Union represents years of progress, won by the blood, sweat and tears of thousands who came before us. Sacrifice and solidarity created all that we have today in the workplace. Our best hope to keep what we have and to continue our steady record of improvements is to assure that Employers honor their agreements completely.
Your participation in this process is crucial for yourself and for those who will follow. You are part of a genuinely great institution and can be proud to do your part to build an even better future.
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UFCW Statement on the Introduction of the Employee Free Choice Act
EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT - RESTORE the Middle CLASS!
READ about Employee Free Choice Act (PDF Article)
Recession No Time to Retreat, says L.A. Labor Leader - Maria Elena Durazo makes no apologies for continuing to push her cause: Fighting for Union Workers.
WHERE ARE THE WORKERS? (article)
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U MAGAZINE APR/MAY 2009 On-Line · HOT TOPICS · Chris Aubin Cartoons
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Senate confirmed Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D-El Monte) as Labor secretary on 02-24-09. (Click to Read)
Obama pledges to reverse Bush labor policies. (Click Here)
America's faltering economy needs UNIONS to restore prosperity to the middle class. (Click Here)
GROCERS CASH IN AS AMERICANS EAT CHEAP (Click Here)
UFCW URGES CONGRESS TO PROTECT RETIREMENT FUNDS as part of FINANCIAL RESCUE PACKAGE (Read PDF article)
DISNEYLAND UPDATES (Read PDF Articles)
DISNEY CONTRACTS RATIFIED! (CLICK to read)
RALPHS/KROGER News
THREE Acquitted in Ralphs Lockout Case
Kroger/Ralphs Feasts Amid a Supermarket Famine
KROGER PROFITS RISE 8%
ATTN: RALPHS MEAT DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES - HOT TOPIC - CLICK HERE!
RALPHS/Kroger says storm hits earnings(LA Times Article)
RALPHS Execs & Managers Indicted Over Illegal Hires (LA Times Article)
RALPHS Execs Indicted, U.S. Attorney’s Office News Release. (Read PDF)
RALPHS Officials Plead NOT GUILTY in Labor Case, 10-27-08. (Read PDF)
Local 324 Communications / Union News
Supervalu Announces Appointment of Wal-Mart Executive as next CEO
Target Believes a Rebound Recipe Is in Grocery Aisle
STATER BROS. MARKETS RATED #1 FULL-SERVICE SUPERMARKET CHAIN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Albertsons Set to Announce Widespread Price Cuts
Albertsons to close 9 supermarkets!
AFL-CIO, Breakaway Unions Discuss Reuniting.[Wall St Journal]
Labor Nominee Sees Jobs Crisis.[Wall St Journal]
ALBERTSONS to tag products with nutrition information.[LA Times article]
Supervalu to close 50 stores this year in cost-cutting move.[View web article]
Labor Dept nominee Hilda Solis' belief in Unions runs deep. [View web article]
VONS Opens New Union Store in "small format". [View web article]
HEALTH CARE ISSUES & NEWS
Obama Administration has asked governors to host regional forums on health reform.
TESCO / Fresh & Easy - News
Fresh & Easy expansion to continue despite red ink(Read Times Article)
TESCO ADMITS - We Got It Wrong in the U.S.(Read Times Article)
ECONOMY PUTS BRAKES ON TESCO'S PLANS for the U.S. (Read Times Article)
SIGN the PETITION / GET the FACTS!
DON'T be FOOLED by TESCO / Fresh & Easy (Read PDF article)
Wal-Mart News
Exposed: Cheap Walmart Drugs Come from Disreputable Supplier!
Area Wal-Mart Workers Join Effort to Unionize
Wal-Mart SUPERMERCADO Opens With ‘Dramatic’ Fresh Impression
WAL-MART’S CHINESE Employees are more PROTECTED than American Workers.pdf
UFCW Steps Up Efforts to Organize Wal-Mart's Workers
180 Wal-Mart Workers in Canada Gain Union Contract
Obama Administration Backs Workers' Suit Against Wal-Mart
Lawyers in $11 billion Wal-Mart case counting on embezzler's testimony
Nine Years Later, a Broken System on Display in Texas
Wal-Mart Settles Discrimination Suit (Click to view)
Walmart Store Closure Case Goes to Canada's High Court (Click LINK to view)
Workers at another Canadian Wal-Mart Join UFCW (Read PDF article)
Wal-Mart Loses Minnesota Labor Suit
Wal-Mart's anti-family policies. Would You Treat YOUR Mother This Way?
Wal-Mart Cuts Supercenter Openings
Wal-Mart Thinks Smaller in California
MORE Wal-Mart News from Local 324 > >
Local 324 Calendar
Friday · July 3, 2009
Independence Day Observance
Monday · September 7, 2009
Labor Day
Wednesday · November 11, 2009
Veterans Day
Thursday & Friday · November 26-27, 2009
Thanksgiving
Thursday · December 24, 2009
Close at Noon
Friday · December 25, 2009
Christmas