Albertsons

Aug 11 2011

Healthcare the main sticking point

As hundreds of grocery workers and their supporters rallied to push for a new contract, the three major grocery chains released details of their latest healthcare proposal that they claim would hold the line on costs but require employees to pay $9 a week for single coverage.

The cost of family coverage under the proposal would be $23, according to officials for Ralphs, Albertsons and Vons.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Aug 4 2011

Food, entertainment, giveaways

PALMDALE, Calif.—School is starting soon and times are tough for just about everyone. This weekend, Cynthia Beverly and the One Way Up Foundation will be hosting a community picnic at McAdams Park. The event is free and will include entertainment, food and giveaways.

Jerriel Xavier Biggles  |   OW High School Intern
Jun 23 2011

Stores give away recyclable bags

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a ban on the use of plastic bags in the unincorporated areas, and it begins July 1.

The ban affects all local supermarkets like Food 4 Less, Ralph’s, Albertsons, Sam’s Club as well as large retail stores with a pharmacy including CVS and Walgreens.

Apr 21 2011

Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The union representing thousands of Southern California grocery workers voted to authorize a strike, leaders announced today, but the union would be required to give stores a 72-hour warning if they decide ask workers to walk off the job.

Negotiators plan to be back at the bargaining table next week.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Mar 31 2011

Restaurateur takes healthful cooking—and dining—to a new level

PALMDALE, Calif.—On Palmdale Boulevard, Charmene Vega, creator of Mama Vega’s Salsa and owner of Mama Vega’s Bistro, is truly practicing cooperative economics. The 10-year business owner and entrepreneur has taken her creative genius to a new level of innovation and economic conservation.

After departing from her location at the local Kaiser Medical Center, she opened shop inside an established restaurant.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.