Recess Called in Southern California Grocery Talks

Contact: John Arnold, Director, of the U.S. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Office of Public Affairs, +1-202-606-8100

LOS ANGELES, July 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following seven consecutive days of negotiation, federal mediators assisting with grocery negotiations in Southern California announced today that they had recessed talks. Negotiations between the seven UFCW locals and the three major supermarket chains involved in the talks will reconvene on Monday July 9, 2007.

The U.S. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, created in 1947, is an independent U.S. government agency whose mission is to preserve and promote labor-management peace and cooperation. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with 10 district offices and 69 field offices, the agency provides mediation and conflict resolution services to industry, government agencies and communities.

SOURCE U.S. Federal Mediation and Conciliation