Striking Shaw’s Workers Reach Agreement (walked out March 7)

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/07/09/striking-shaws-workers-reach-agreement/

by James Parks, Jul 9, 2010

Striking workers at Shaw’s supermarket warehouse in Methuen, Mass., soon will be back at work after they ratified a new four-year contract yesterday. The pact provides pay raises and continues to provide quality, affordable health care and a defined-pension plan.

The 310 workers, members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 791, walked out March 7 after Shaw’s management demanded workers take on the full burden of paying increased costs for health care.

Peter Derouen, spokesman for Local 791, told the Boston Herald:

We maintain one of the best warehouse contracts in the industry. We look forward to getting our people back to work, and Shaw’s can get back to selling groceries.

FULL story at link.

[Sherman A1]

1. Good News Indeed.

:bounce:

[Earth Bound Misfit]

2. K n R