America’s largest supermarket merger hangs on the fate of its workers

Authorities challenging the largest supermarket deal in United States history have said it must be blocked to protect unionised workers. Not every labour leader agrees. Kroger’s $24.

6 billion ($38.7b) purchase of Albertsons “is not necessarily evil,” said John Niccollai, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers union local 464A, which represents Albertsons’ workers in parts of New York and New Jersey. “Wouldn’t it be in the best interest of working men and women to have a totally unionised large national employer? And that’s really what a merger of Albertsons and Kroger would bring to fruition.



” Legal cases challenging the deal are moving through the court system. Final briefs were filed last week after a trial in which the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), eight states and the District of Columbia asked a federal judge for an injunction..