{"id":56145,"date":"2024-12-10T13:18:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T13:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=56145"},"modified":"2024-12-11T13:19:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T13:19:06","slug":"kroger-albertsons-megamerger-block","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/kroger-albertsons-megamerger-block\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Statement on Federal Court\u2019s Decision to Block Kroger-Albertsons Megamerger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/strong> \u2013 Today, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/about\">United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)<\/a>, which represents 1.2 million essential workers in grocery, meatpacking, food processing, and other essential industries across North America, released the following statement in response to a federal court affirming the Federal Trade Commission\u2019s (FTC) ruling rejecting the proposed megamerger between Kroger and Albertsons.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>UFCW International President Marc Perrone released the following statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"quote\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are pleased that the court heard the concerns voiced by our hard-working members and rejected the proposed megamerger between Kroger and Albertsons. The issues we raised were echoed throughout this process by lawmakers, economists, attorneys general, consumers, and the FTC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMoving forward, our focus will remain the same since the merger proposal was announced and that is looking for a stable and long-term solution that protects our members\u2019 wages, benefits, and pensions. These grocery chains are highly successful because of the hard work of our members and workers across the country, and no merger or divestiture of stores should be allowed to endanger or threaten their vital role.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The UFCW International is the largest private sector union in the United States, representing 1.2 million workers and their families in grocery, meatpacking, food processing, health care, cannabis, retail, and other essential industries. UFCW members serve our communities in all 50 states, Canada and Puerto Rico. Learn more about the UFCW at\u202f<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/ufcw.org\/\"><em>ufcw.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), which represents 1.2 million essential workers in grocery, meatpacking, food processing, and other essential industries across North America, released the following statement in response to a federal court affirming the Federal Trade Commission\u2019s (FTC) ruling rejecting the proposed megamerger between Kroger and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":426,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[449,13],"tags":[62,384],"class_list":["post-56145","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-official-statements","category-press-releases","tag-albertsons","tag-kroger"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UFCW Statement on Federal Court\u2019s Decision to Block Kroger-Albertsons Megamerger - The United Food &amp; 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