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“Our strike threat put them in a corner,” said Austin Williams, delivery driver and member of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 324. The union came to an agreement with Eaze/Stachs in a labor conflict that has lingered for nine months.
Union representatives reached an agreement via a bargaining committee made up of Eaze employees represented by UFCW locals 5, 135, 324, and 770. The agreement guarantees better pay, a fair process for reimbursement of the costs of operating their vehicles, work hours and a multitude of enforceable rights and protections on the job. The committee is recommending that all implied workers sign the offer, which is expected to happen in the coming days.
“We felt we needed to reject the company’s initial offer, and an overwhelming majority of Eaze members agreed, which brought the company back to the table,” said Giovanna Sanchez-Esquival, a driver at Element 7 in South San Francisco. Conflict duration is explained by this and other previous rejections, which led to a halt in negotiations in the past March.
This agreement comes at a time when cannabis delivery company Eaze is facing hurdles on multiple fronts, including a lawsuit brought by former partners Green Dragon.
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