Dominick's announces ratification of new clerks contract.NORTHLAKE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 1996--Dominick's Finer Foods, Inc. announced today that members of the United Food and Commercial Workers The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union is a labor union representing approximately 1.4 million workers in the United States and Canada in many industries, including agriculture, health care, meatpacking, poultry and food processing, manufacturing, textile and Locals 881 and 1540 have ratified a new collective bargaining agreement The contractual agreement between an employer and a Labor Union that governs wages, hours, and working conditions for employees and which can be enforced against both the employer and the union for failure to comply with its terms. with the Company. The new agreement covers approximately 9,300 retail clerks, and has a 40-month term expiring in November 1999. "Following our recently concluded negotiations with U.F.C.W. Locals 881 and 1540, we are pleased that our employees have ratified this contract, which we believe will enable us to be competititve with all other operators in the Chicago metropolitan area “Chicagoland” redirects here. For for the racing venue, see Chicagoland Speedway. The Chicago metropolitan area is the metropolitan area associated with the city of Chicago in the United States. ," said Robert A. Mariano, President and Chief Executive Officer. Dominick's is the second largest supermarket operator in the greater Chicago metropolitan area with fiscal 1995 revenues of $2.4 billion and 100 stores operated under the Dominick's and Omni names. The Common Stock of its parent company, Dominick's Supermarkets, Inc., is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol ``DFF DFF Département Fédéral des Finances (Switzerland) DFF D Flip-Flop DFF Domo - Farm Frites (Tour De France cycling sponsor) DFF Descriptive Flexfield (Oracle) .'' CONTACT: Dominick's C. Mark Hussey, 708/562-1000 |
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