Loyal patrons of Santa Cruz Markets may have to shop elsewhere for Thanksgiving dinner. Market clerks and meat department workers have voted to strike.
Around 35 total employees work across both market locations — found in Old Town Goleta and Santa Barbara — 23 of which are members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 770.
Union membership from both stores voted unanimously to authorize a strike in response to the owners’ alleged unfair labor practices, including “coercion, surveillance, unilateral changes, and bad faith negotiations,” the union said in a statement on Monday.