I serve as the labor counsel to the Ohio Grocer’s Association, so this NYC law is of great interest to Ohio grocers and me. The New York City Council passed a law that prohibits successor grocery employers from discharging certain grocery store employees without cause during a 90-day transition period following a “change in control.”…

Victor and Josephine Laracca owned and operated a Foodtown supermarket for ten years. Foodtown employees were represented by the UFCW. Shortly after Foodtown closed, Laracca’s son Roberto opened a supermarket named Fantastic a few miles from the shuttered Foodtown. While Roberto is sole owner of Fantastic, a $400,000 loan was guaranteed by Victor and Josephine…

Managers at a Giant Eagle grocery store in Edinboro, Pennsylvania wanted to reward hard working employees. So they boosted the wages of two dozen high-performing employees above their union rates. This upset the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 23 union that represents the employees. The union argued the pay increased violated their contract and…