Southern California grocery workers overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike, seeking better wages, healthcare and more staffing from Kroger and Albertsons.

UFCW Local 324 negotiations with Albertsons and Kroger’s trigger unfair labor practice claims and a potential strike.

Just when grocery prices seemed to be leveling off, Southern California shoppers may soon face another disruption; this time, at the checkout line.

Workers at Ralphs stores in Southern California are among the unionized grocery workers who could go on strike this summer. Members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) local unions representing 45,

Local 770 of the United Food and Commercial Workers union, representing about 45,000 workers at the four stores in Southern California, said its members voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike.

Some 45,000 workers at Southern California's busiest grocery stores are ready to walk off the job, joining tens of thousands nationwide.