Grocery Workers Prep for 2012 Bargaining
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Open hands and clenched fists. The 40,000 members of UFCW Local 400 are
offering one and threatening the other as they prepare for bargaining next year
with Giant and Safeway. The local took out a full-page ad in the June edition of
Food World featuring a photo of hundreds of members “united in solidarity.”
The ad promises that “We are ready to stand united in Solidarity with our
employers to keep them profitable and expand their market share,” but warns
that such solidarity comes only “if and when they hear our voices, treat us
with respect, and share the wealth our hard work and unmatched productivity
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