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Stop & Shop unions go on strike; 30,000 workers at five New England locals told to join picket lines
MassLive.com ^

Posted on 04/11/2019 12:18:25 PM PDT by matt04

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To: matt04

There are people out there looking for work.

This might be a great place to hand a resume out to.

Unions suck.


21 posted on 04/11/2019 1:03:39 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
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To: 9YearLurker

Just read that sorry excuse some union employee wrote. Did you see the video in the article to what appeared to be a customer trying to enter only to have a mob surround him and scream “UNION STRONG” in his face until he left? Way to piss off your soon to be ex-customers.

S&S has actually posted their full proposals online(they are all the same for each local) https://stopandshop.com/labor/2019/#/labor/news

One of the issues that caught my eye is pensions. They cite poor asset performance and bankruptcies of former union employers who are no longer paying into said pension and the Union demand that they prop it up. That SHOULD scare any S&S employee who thinks they will have pension when they retire, along with the fact the the UFCW has been loosing members whit one of the CT locals going from 11k to 7k members in a few years.


22 posted on 04/11/2019 1:05:30 PM PDT by matt04
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To: matt04

Yeah.

It’s from an old song called Roadrunner.

https://youtu.be/LYmTuqQ_27A

I walked by the Stop and Shop
Then I drove by the Stop and Shop
I like that much better than walking by the Stop and Shop

(at 0:40)


23 posted on 04/11/2019 1:05:58 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

S&S is on strike, that’s fine. I’ll shop at union proud A&P. /s


24 posted on 04/11/2019 1:07:07 PM PDT by matt04
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To: bwest
It has been argued that the UFCW help cause Kroger, A&P, Milgram and Safeway to leave Kansas City market years ago.
25 posted on 04/11/2019 1:13:48 PM PDT by HapaxLegamenon
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To: matt04

Oh no what will we do without lottery tickets and cheap cigars and bags of chips? The world will surely end!


26 posted on 04/11/2019 1:21:30 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (But the noble man makes noble plans, and by noble deeds they stand. Isaiah 32:8)
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To: max americana
"I do that all the time."

Spent 15 years in the UAW - miserable bunch of slackers and under-achievers.
I want to work hard and do a good job - leave me the hell alone.
This isn't exactly child labor sweat shops and the coal mines of the 1920's....

27 posted on 04/11/2019 1:23:22 PM PDT by Psalm 73 ("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
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To: matt04

I’m old fashioned. I think most of those jobs should be for teenagers, not something you’d support a family on.


28 posted on 04/11/2019 1:23:52 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Psalm 73

I was with the Teamsters for 2 years. Whenever I asked a question, they rarely got back to me. All these pukes ever cared was taking money from my salary. Even when I left the job, these assholes still contacted me and I had to change banks just to remove their connection to my previous bank..


29 posted on 04/11/2019 1:27:15 PM PDT by max americana (Fired libtards at our company for the past 12 yrs at every election. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: matt04

What if you don’t support the strike?


30 posted on 04/11/2019 1:49:18 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: max americana

I’ve worked under a UFCW union. Once they refused to help because the issue was with a union supervisor who kept changing posted schedules against union contracts. They though it was a exempt manager who was doing that. Once they realized they would have to get a fellow “Brother or sister” in trouble they no showed to a meeting they were supposed to have with me and refused to return any calls. The exempt manager ended up having to suspend the union supervisor for a week for doing it. In the end the Union got the suspended supervisor all their back pay. Jerks.


31 posted on 04/11/2019 1:50:18 PM PDT by matt04
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To: Ouderkirk
Yes, Hannaford Foods is up in Maine, and maybe Massachusetts. Market Basket and Shaw's are in Massachusetts, and possibly other New England States.

I live in Connecticut: No Hannaford, Market Basket nor Shaw's here. We do also have Stew Leonard's though. ;-)

32 posted on 04/11/2019 1:59:28 PM PDT by nutmeg (democRATs: The party of Infanticide, Open Borders, Crime, High Taxes and "Free" Sh*t)
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To: CincyRichieRich; matt04
Oh no what will we do without lottery tickets and cheap cigars and bags of chips? The world will surely end!

LOL! We have PLENTY of other grocery store choices here in New England. One of the things I admit I will sorely miss when hubby and I eventually move South...

33 posted on 04/11/2019 2:01:45 PM PDT by nutmeg (democRATs: The party of Infanticide, Open Borders, Crime, High Taxes and "Free" Sh*t)
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To: matt04

I’m glad I got my low fat chocolate frozen yogurt last night.


34 posted on 04/11/2019 2:02:41 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: 9YearLurker
I’m old fashioned. I think most of those jobs should be for teenagers, not something you’d support a family on.

That is old-fashioned. America in 2019 is overrun with poorly educated single moms. Increasing numbers of people are supporting families on them.


35 posted on 04/11/2019 2:05:55 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: matt04
Why do women stuff themselves into pants in that manner?

Do they not have mirrors?

Flame away...I don't care.

I'm not trying to shame anyone, but that is not a flattering appearance for anyone, man or woman.

And yes, I've seen men that looked just as damned bad.

36 posted on 04/11/2019 2:08:17 PM PDT by Snake Skin Sonny
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To: matt04

I worked in a UFCW shop grocery store very briefly when I was a kid. Was packing bags next to a cashier. The customer was an old lady who did something to set her off, and the cashier began screaming at this woman “You @$#!% &$%#$ing @%$%$^ &#%$^& b**ch!”

The manager immediately took her drawer and marched her to the office. She was rightly terminated.

For a few weeks. She filed a grievance and the a-holes at the union got her job back for her.

They always go to bat for the employees who damned well deserve to be fired.


37 posted on 04/11/2019 2:10:33 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: matt04

Aldis & Market Basket for me here in the northeast with a stop here & there at Trader Joe’s.


38 posted on 04/11/2019 2:32:58 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: nutmeg

We also have Big Y, Price Chopper, and other small local chains in addition to places like Target and Wal-Mart. IMHO, all of these places offer either similar prices to S&S with better service or lower prices. These union idiots have no idea.


39 posted on 04/11/2019 2:33:10 PM PDT by matt04
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To: TBP

My understanding is if a Union member works during a strike, the Union can fine them for basically any money they earned during the strike and possibly kick them out of the Union, because that what happens when you disagree with your “brother and sisters.”


40 posted on 04/11/2019 5:02:29 PM PDT by matt04
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