Labour strike in Southern California!

[knight_of_the_star]

Just got confirmation from my union. Currently, the labor force at Vons, Albertsons, and Ralphs in Southern California are going on strike. We ahve the Teamsters and Bakers unions backing us. I'm sure that myself and the rest of the union will be MOST pleased if ANYONE here can help with the strike in any way that they can, preferably by joining the picket lines but at the very least boycott Vons, Albertsons, and Ralphs for the duration of the strike. We start tomorrow. For those SoCal DUers, Stater Bros is NOT striking, but we will have to abide by the same terms as the other three stores, so you can expect that we will be busy helping out our Union bretheren. Please help us win this strike. The management of all the above stores are trying to strip us of our health care benefits, cap our wages to $4.00 an hour less than they are, cut back when night premium is being paid, eliminate Sunday pay, make it so that they can establish new stores that are NOT union shops, cut our dental benefits, and various other nasty little bits that are just quite shocking. There are also rumours that the strike could spill over into Arizona, so Arizona DUers be ready over there. Please support organized labour!

[proud patriot]

1. What about Bay Area Stores ?

is it just S. Cal ? I have an albertsons pretty close
and could help up here ..

[MaryBear]

6. I think Von's & Safeway are the same.

Southern California is a different division, though, from Northern California, including the Bay Area.

One thing we can count on these days is that every contract negotiation and strike will be a time when companies seriously attempt to break Unions.

[jburton]

2. Best of luck!

n/t

[roguevalley]

3. Good luck, honey. If we had a store like that, I would boycott it.

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[silverweb]

4. We're with you!

I have a friend who has worked at Albertson's (formerly Lucky) for years and he is furious about management demands! My family and I are in complete solidarity with you.

What do you know about Henry's Marketplace (aka Wild Oats) and Whole Foods stores? We shop mostly at Henry's and People's Co-op anyway, but often need a couple little items from one of the larger chains.

[BlueCollar]

5. Albertsons in Texas is non-union

but we might be able to start a boycott Albertsons...ask everyone to cross the street and shop at Kroger...they're UFCW