One of the leaders of the recent strike against Raley's has been named to the CalPERS governing board.
The newest board member is Ron Lind, president of Local 5 of the United Food and Commercial Workers in San Jose, said CalPERS spokesman Brad Pacheco today.
Lind was appointed by the Senate Rules Committee.
Local 5 and its Central Valley counterpart, UFCW Local 8, conducted a 10-day strike against Raley's in November over the struggling West Sacramento supermarket chain's demand for wage and benefit concessions. It was the first strike in Raley's 77-year history.
The union wound up accepting concessions but said it was able to stave off major cutbacks to its health plan - a key issue in the strike.
Lind's appointment continues the union-oriented bent of the CalPERS board. Six of the 13 board members are elected by current or retired public employees.
Lind, in a memo to his union staff, said his appointment to the CalPERS board "is the culmination of a multi-year campaign by the International Union.
"CalPERS is already well-known for socially responsible investment guidelines and I look forward to my role in continuing and enhancing that focus."
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