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Southern California Grocery Workers' Concessions May Cause Fallout Elsewhere.

The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 28--By swallowing significant contract concessions to end a lengthy strike, beleaguered Southern California grocery workers may have undermined the bargaining position of their Northern California brethren, labor experts said Friday.

The tentative new contract sets a precedent that grocery workers in Sacramento and Northern California might have trouble opposing when their contracts expire this summer, said UCLA labor expert Daniel Mitchell.

The deal calls for workers to begi

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