Reaching Out to Supermarket Workers

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
"I told a check-out clerk at the Wisconsin Ave/Newark St Giant that I did not appreciate Giant having job fairs and interviewing workers while (contract) negotiations were under way," says activist Brian Powers in his grocery worker solidarity action report back. "She replied that interviewing was not the same thing as hiring and she expected to get a contract. Her confidence in her union was clear and she was equally clear that she expected a contract." Powers is one of hundreds taking individual and group actions to support metro area grocery workers' fight for a good contract. Click here to find out more and get involved.