Safeway and union leaders are trying to agree on a contract before a strike deadline affecting 25,000 Northern California workers.

The unions representing more than 20,000 Safeway employees throughout Northern California reached a tentative agreement with the company, averting a strike.

UFCW Local 5 and UFCW Local 648 announced early Sunday morning that they reached a tentative deal to avert a strike at Safeway stores.

(BCN) — The union representing about 25,000 Safeway workers in northern and central California extended a strike deadline early Saturday, citing “negotiation progress.” Members of the United ...

Christie Smith reports. The union representing about 25,000 Safeway workers in northern and central California extended a strike deadline early Saturday, citing "negotiation progress." ...

There's a new strike deadline looming involving thousands of Safeway employees across the Bay Area. Over 25,000 employees could go on strike at 12:01 a.m. Sunday if a deal is not reached.

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 ...

In anticipation of a strike, many Safeway stores are posting signs, looking for temporary replacement workers at $27 an hour. This Safeway worker who declined to give his name says he's concerned.

Safeway workers in Northern California could be on strike as soon as Saturday if a contract deal cannot be reached. The union, which represents thousands of supermarket workers across Northern ...