Complaint against grocer is dropped

The Southern California grocery workers union said it withdrew a complaint to the National Labor Relations Board alleging that the Albertsons supermarket chain violated federal labor law.

In March, the United Food and Commercial Workers union charged in a complaint that Albertsons violated the National Labor Relations Act in the days leading up to a vote by workers that gave union leaders the power to call a strike.

The union withdrew the complaint last week because of a lack of witnesses. At the time of the filing, Albertsons said the charges had no “factual or legal merit.” The union is locked in negotiations with Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons over a new three-year contract.