MINNEAPOLIS - When Bakers Local 22 developed a new Health Reimbursement Arrangement plan, the union wanted to see the substantial cost savings go into increased wages and pension contributions for its members.
The union readily settled good contracts with Lunds and Byerly's (170 employees) and with Jerry's Cub Foods (125 employees) earlier this summer.
But settling a satisfactory contract with Cub Foods corporate, covering about 350 workers at 30 stores, proved to be a challenge. "We knew they were going to be tough," said Bruce Peglow, Local 22 vice president.
In recent years, Cub corporate has turned to a hired gun from St. Louis to conduct its contract negotiations and this year negotiations dragged on and on. Local 22 members were growing weary of the delay in reaching a new contract.
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