Many Raley’s customers said they won’t be inconvenienced, if workers go on strike. They will continue to shop at Raley’s.
Both sides have agreed to a media blackout.
But a federal mediator has stepped in to help and both sides say they will continue to negotiate around the clock.
The deadline now, midnight Saturday.
“For me, it’s a convenience thng. I live near here and I shop here. I’m gonna continue to do what I do on my regular routine,” Raley’s shopper, Greg Golik said.
Ed Roediger is one shopper who’ll stand behind union workers.
“I’d probably shop somewhere else, temporarily, because of the unions, of course,” he said.
The one big sticking point with union workers – retiree health care. Raley’s wants to elminate coverage for retirees, who are elibible for Medicare, as it has already done for nonunion retirees.
“I do know this. It’s the retirees that really built this company, who created the wealth of this family, are being told, ‘You’re out. We’ve not going to cover you anymore,’ ” said Bill Camp of the Sacramento Labor Council.
They represent more than 170,000 union members in the region, and stand behind Raley’s workers.
“Every FLCL is gonna stand with these workers at Raley’s, because if they do it to those workers, they can do it to anybody else,” Camp added.