Grocery workers across Southern California are set to vote on a new contract after negotiators reached a tentative agreement with Stater Bros. Markets.

According to the United Food and Commercial Workers, the pact, if approved, will deliver “significant contractual improvements” for more than 12,000 union grocery workers, including over 650 represented by UFCW Local 135 in San Diego County.

The agreement, reached late Wednesday following what the union called “an intense two-day bargaining session” in a news release, includes higher wages across classifications, improved pension and retirement security, faster and better access to health care, more staffing to reduce workloads and protections for workers against unfair labor practices.

Workers will vote electronically to accept or rejec

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