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A federal judge is deciding whether or not to approve the biggest grocery corporate merger<\/a> in U.S. history. The Kroger and Albertsons chains say they want to merge in order to better compete with non-unionized grocery retailers such as Walmart. The Biden administration\u2019s Federal Trade Commission has sued<\/a> to stop the $25 billion deal, saying<\/a> it would not help lower food prices and could hurt worker rights and wages.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grace Garcia, a cashier at Vons in Glendale, California, with over three decades in the grocery industry, as well as a member of UFCW Local 770, spoke with 精东影业 Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on 精东影业 Presents: Rising Up With Sonali <\/em>about why workers like her are opposing the merger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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