Grocers Must Reveal Mutual-Aid Terms
Albertsons Inc., Safeway Inc. and Kroger Co. must disclose terms of a mutual-aid agreement used during the 141-day strike and lockout at Southern and Central California stores last year, U.S. District Judge George King in Los Angeles ruled.
King allowed the supermarkets -- Albertsons, Safeway’s Vons and Pavilions stores and Kroger’s Ralphs -- to keep the agreement confidential until Feb. 4 to give them time to appeal.
The pact details the formula and terms for sharing costs and revenue during the labor dispute with the United Food and Commercial Workers union that ended a year ago.
California last year sued the supermarkets, claiming the agreement violated federal antitrust law. California and Tribune Co.’s Los Angeles Times asked the court to unseal the pact.
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