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Grocery chains in SoCal form strike-lockout pact
AP via SFGate ^
| 4/4/7
| ALEX VEIGA
Posted on 04/04/2007 1:03:05 PM PDT by SmithL
Los Angeles (AP) -- Three rival supermarket chains involved in labor contract talks with thousands of employees in Southern California said Wednesday they will each lock out employees if any of the chains becomes the target of a strike.
The move by the grocers Supervalu Inc.'s Albertsons, Kroger Co.'s Ralphs and Safeway Inc.'s Vons follows a vote last week by employees of Albertsons to give union leaders the authority to call a strike.
Under the markets' pact, if the union orders a selective strike against one of the chains, the other two would lock out employees within 48 hours. The companies also agreed to provide financial assistance to chains whose employees walk out.
"The decision to sign the agreement was made only after, and in response to, the unions' strike threat," Adena Tessler, a spokeswoman for the supermarkets said in a statement. "While none of us wants a work stoppage, the unions' recent strike authorization and threats of future strike votes must be taken seriously."
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; US: California
KEYWORDS: grocerystrike; unionthugs
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Time to shop at Wal-Mart?
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posted on
04/04/2007 1:03:06 PM PDT
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
Here we go again. Another calamitous strike/lockout. No problem. I can still goto Stater Bros which somehow manages to deal with it’s union and make money. Then there is Costco and Wal-mart.
It's the unions and the grocers in this state are engaged in a a suicide pact.
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posted on
04/04/2007 1:06:59 PM PDT
by
Smogger
(It's the WOT Stupid)
To: SmithL
Here we go again. Another calamitous strike/lockout. No problem. I can still goto Stater Bros which somehow manages to deal with it’s union and make money. Then there is Costco and Wal-mart.
It's the unions and the grocers in this state are engaged in a a suicide pact.
3
posted on
04/04/2007 1:07:06 PM PDT
by
Smogger
(It's the WOT Stupid)
To: SmithL
Here we go again. Another calamitous strike/lockout. No problem. I can still goto Stater Bros which somehow manages to deal with it’s union and make money. Then there is Costco and Wal-mart.
It's the unions and the grocers in this state are engaged in a a suicide pact.
4
posted on
04/04/2007 1:07:08 PM PDT
by
Smogger
(It's the WOT Stupid)
To: SmithL
Didn’t Safeway in Cal just have a strike? Pretty bold move by the grocery chains to align against the unions like that.
5
posted on
04/04/2007 1:09:06 PM PDT
by
discostu
(The fat lady laughs, gentlemen, start your trucks)
To: Smogger
you got that right, Stater bros and sam’s club for me
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posted on
04/04/2007 1:12:14 PM PDT
by
markman46
(engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
To: discostu
Unionized grocery workers in Southern California will never recover all the money they lost during the last strike. Nevertheless, they’re going to surrender their paychecks, again.
Union officials will continue to be paid, just like last time.
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posted on
04/04/2007 1:17:29 PM PDT
by
SmithL
(si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: SmithL
Is it legal for companies to make pacts like this? I would have expected it to be a violation of anti-trust laws.
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posted on
04/04/2007 1:19:07 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Parker v. DC: the best court decision of the year.)
To: discostu
They did the same thing a few years ago with disasterous results for everyone involved, well everyone but Costco, Wal-Mart, Stater Bros, and a ton of Mexican markets.
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posted on
04/04/2007 1:19:46 PM PDT
by
Smogger
(It's the WOT Stupid)
To: Smogger
I go to Staters bros and local Mexican grocery market here in SO CAL they sell good hot sauce there LOL!
10
posted on
04/04/2007 1:20:53 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: Smogger
I almost hope there’s a strike. At unionized supermarkets, only a few of the checkstands are usually manned, so shoppers always have to stand in line, but during the 2004 walkout, all of the checstands at the strikebound stores were manned by strikebreakers, so there were virtually no lines, and customer service was actually better.
By the way, I usually shop at Stater Brothers and Trader Joe’s because they don’t have “club cards.”
To: KarlInOhio
Good question. My guess is the rule of law in America is becoming a thing of the past especially in El Norte Mexico.
12
posted on
04/04/2007 1:22:16 PM PDT
by
winodog
(We are being set up for bubba and the beast, part two.)
To: SmithL
Stater Bros will make a mint. Last strike, they were not affected, and when it ended we never went back to our old stores.
13
posted on
04/04/2007 1:23:10 PM PDT
by
NathanR
(Apr?s moi, le deluge.)
To: Fiji Hill
I shop at Trader Joe’s for things I can’t find elsewhere, but it does get annoying being surrounded by so many people who know they’re so superior to me.
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posted on
04/04/2007 1:28:26 PM PDT
by
SmithL
(si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: SmithL
Hope the union members don't roit and burn cars like the "Don't take my job" youths in Paris.
To: SmithL
We just voted through our new contract here in MN. Everything went smoothly as usually, the general feeling we have is nobody wants to bite the hand that feeds them.
I work for Cub Foods here in the Twin Cities which is owned by Supervalu and we put up record profits from our stores the last consecutive years. Our employer was just fine with the new contract, but as usual the smaller less profitable companies don’t want to be bent over as easily-such as Rainbow Foods and the mom&pop stores. That’s the problem with so many companies dealing with one union and one contract. Just doesn’t make much sense.
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posted on
04/04/2007 1:35:04 PM PDT
by
miliantnutcase
("If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it." -ichabod1)
To: KarlInOhio
It’s completely legal. They did the exact same thing during the last strike.
I hope they do strike again...I like crossing picket lines.
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posted on
04/04/2007 1:38:23 PM PDT
by
rottndog
(Happy April Fools Day! (How is April these days....?))
To: miliantnutcase
Thats the problem with so many companies dealing with one union and one contract. Just doesnt make much sense. Sure doesn't, which is why I assume Stater's has a seperate contract. They never have a strike.
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posted on
04/04/2007 1:40:28 PM PDT
by
Smogger
(It's the WOT Stupid)
To: Fiji Hill
By the way, I usually shop at Stater Brothers and Trader Joes because they dont have club cards. Albertson's reward to customers who resumed shopping there after the last "lock-out" was to force them to get a club card, and to make them check out and bag their own groceries using kiosks.
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posted on
04/04/2007 1:43:28 PM PDT
by
Smogger
(It's the WOT Stupid)
To: SmithL
See, I went TO Trader Joe’s because the air at Whole Foods was too thick with smugness.
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