Labor unions, Wal-Mart wage war of words By David Benda
"If anybody in Southern California isn't attributing this strike to the threat of Wal-Mart, they have their head in the sand," said Darin Ferguson, the Local 588 representative for the UFCW in Redding.
Analysts say grocery strike worth it if it cuts labor costs By James F. Peltz, Los Angeles Times
When talks aimed at settling the Southern and Central California grocery strike resume, the supermarkets' negotiators will have a staunch, if invisible, ally at the bargaining table: Wall Street stock analysts. Throughout the bitter labor dispute, many analysts have supported the supermarkets' effort to win wage-and-benefits savings from their union employees, even though the dispute could cost the chains $1 billion or more in combined lost sales.