Rite Aid rally
Rite Aid workers at the company’s massive Southwest Distribution Center in Lancaster, Calif., declared victory on May 1 in their five-year effort to form a union and improve working conditions.
Workers signed a three-year tentative contract with management—subject to a May 12 membership ratification vote—that will improve conditions at the million-square-foot facility in California’s high desert.
“Rite Aid made this process much more difficult on workers and families than it needed to,” said ILWU International Vice President Ray Familathe, who helped workers reach their May 1 settlement.