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Elizabeth Warren tells Stop & Shop shoppers, ’Do not cross the picket line’
MassLive.com ^

Posted on 04/12/2019 12:01:53 PM PDT by matt04

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat running for president in 2020, delivered donuts and coffee to picketing Stop & Shop workers in Somerville on Friday, and urged shoppers to take their business elsewhere.

“Do not cross the picket line,” Warren said. “Understand people on the picket line are not just fighting for their families. They’re fighting for all our families. They’re fighting for basic fairness and equality in this country.”

On Thursday, the unions representing 31,000 Stop & Shop workers across Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut voted to go on strike. Their contract expired in February, and they have been unable to reach a deal on a new one.

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Speaking to reporters, Warren reiterated the message that she has been campaigning on for years, that the wealthy are taking advantage of the working class. “This is the problem all across this country is that those at the top think that they can just keep sucking out every bit of profit and leave nothing for the working people, the people who actually get out there and make it happen every day,” Warren said.

“What people are asking for here is they’re just asking for fair wages, they’re asking for health care benefits and just as shot at a decent retirement,” she said.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut; US: Massachusetts; US: Rhode Island
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To: matt04

Accumulated & combined total IQ of about 96.


81 posted on 04/12/2019 3:52:38 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: rktman
Braniff?,p> Touche
82 posted on 04/12/2019 3:58:15 PM PDT by Go Gordon (I gave my dog Grady a last name - Trump - because he loves tweets.)
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To: warsaw44

Market Basket is the best!


83 posted on 04/12/2019 4:10:53 PM PDT by Mrs. B.S. Roberts
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To: Go Gordon
🛬😹
84 posted on 04/12/2019 4:24:29 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: ridesthemiles

Went in once and won’t ever go back.


85 posted on 04/12/2019 4:25:33 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: matt04

“Do not cross the picket line,” Warren said.

I wasn’t going to.

But now I will.


86 posted on 04/12/2019 4:28:09 PM PDT by JPJones
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To: JPJones

Look at the comments in the article if you want a laugh. 90% are making fun of Lizzie or the petulant children on strike.


87 posted on 04/12/2019 4:38:57 PM PDT by matt04
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To: cgbg

Grocery store chains that target the average consumers are very fortunate if they end up with a net revenue greater than 2%.

Specialty grocers like Whole Foods, et al, market their goods to higher income consumers at a much higher price (even though many of their products are no different than what can be bought elsewhere).


88 posted on 04/12/2019 11:40:04 PM PDT by octex
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To: matt04

Shop Rite in NY is unionized.


89 posted on 04/13/2019 12:01:17 AM PDT by shoff (Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
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To: matt04

You are right, MB is non union, and your observation concerning Cheif Spreading Bull pandering to the union for money is spot on.

Again, all Liawatha cares about is herself.


90 posted on 04/13/2019 3:31:47 AM PDT by Jmouse007 (Lord God Almighty, deliver us from this evil in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.)
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To: b4its2late

They paid the best when I worked for them...$0.90/hr
$0.10/hr more than other stores.
:)


91 posted on 04/13/2019 4:15:31 AM PDT by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal (NorthernSentinel))
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To: Beagle8U

Yes, Eight O’Clock Coffee is what I remember but they probably had others.


92 posted on 04/16/2019 7:27:47 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: kanawa

Hahaha. Nobody was crying for a “living wage” back then. You made do or had more than one job if need be.


93 posted on 04/16/2019 7:28:43 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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