See: Fool.com: Grocery Strike Ends
The key component of the settlement appears to be the creation of two tiers of grocery employees, the second for new hires who will receive less in pay and benefits — including heath care and pensions — than veteran employees. (According to the Los Angeles Times, this was said to be among the grocery consortium’s main goals.)
So as I understand it, the union lost the strike. The existing employees are going to keep their benefits and pay, while the new employees are going to get shafted. What was the whole point anyways?
So no all the grocery stores have to do is slowly replace the “veteran” workers with new ones.