Grocery Workers Union Endorses Kroger-Albertsons Merger to Protect Jobs
- UFCW Local 555 union endorses Kroger-Albertsons merger
- Union represents grocery workers at Fred Meyer, Albertsons, Safeway in Western states
- Proposed $24.6 billion merger between Kroger (Fred Meyer parent) and Albertsons (Safeway parent)
- Union believes merger will protect jobs, wages, benefits for members
- Merger would combine two of the largest grocery chains in U.S.