Sheboygan-based Piggly Wiggly Midwest to close store (union demands)

Sheboygan Press ^ | 6/12/12 | Staff

[Jean S]

Ping! I wish Wisconsin would become a right-to-work state. This is horrible.

[duckman]

“Employees have been working without a labor contract since Sept. 7, 2011.”

At least they were working.

[goat granny]

another smart move by the union, now those members are unemployed....but the union bosses still get paid....

[EyeGuy]

Unions and useless, destructive government bureaucrats like the NLRB are going to wake up one day and discover that their constant attacks on viable, honest, productive businesses was A Bridge Too Far.

[lurk]

Looks like another signal to the unions that they don’t run the place anymore. PW closes one store, doesn’t give transfer privileges to the employees, and employees in other union stores get the message.

[Obadiah]

Ah yes, the Unions destroy another one. Boy, good thing the Union is for the “little guy”, huh? Now these people can sit home, watch Oprah while collecting gubmint handouts and complain the government and evil Republicans aren’t doing more to help them.

Funny thing is, that Sheboygan is a big Democrat stronghold. Funny how people never seem to make simple connections, just like how the people from Detroit will steadfastly vote for Democrats as they circle the drain.

[Steely Tom]

“Employees have been working without a labor contract since Sept. 7, 2011.”

Well now they're not working without a labor contract, and I feel certain they're delighted.

[boomop1]

I would stay clear of thet store, no telling what these people will do.

[EyeGuy]

“Sheboygan is a big Democrat stronghold..”

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Which definitely rules it completely out as being “the greatest little town in the world”.

[RegulatorCountry]

There are Piggly Wiggly stores in Wisconsin?

Amazing. Do they sell chitlins by the ten gallon tub there, too?

[Navy Patriot]

Now, 83 union members can discuss with the 19 why they all have no job, paycheck or bennies, but the union bosses do.

[JPG]

The unions are like the Russian who complained to the local commissar that he was unhappy because his neighbor had a cow but he didn't have one. The commissar asked if he wanted to have a cow, too. “NO, I want you to kill his cow.”

[Fiji Hill]

Groceries on the Shelf (Piggly Wiggly)--Lucille Bogan, 1933

[Jim Scott]

I feel bad for the 100+ store workers who are now out of a job but if businesses that were hassled by both a union and the NLRB did this more often it would break the union stranglehold on workers and their employers. Workers would start rejecting unions, realizing that the highly paid union leaders don't protect them but use them for dues money they send to leftist Democrats.

Meanwhile, union honchos kill jobs by making outrageous demands and generally acting like thugs. The result: no store, no transfer, no job. They can thank their union and the NLRB but they'll probably blame their former employer - and vote Democrat in the next election.

Well, perhaps not. One hopes that sheer self-preservation will motivate unionized workers to think hard about the value of being in a union that kills jobs and bribes contributes a big part of their dues money to leftists like Obama.

[Eva]

A lot of the union members may be moving away from Obama, but they still want to keep their government pensions and collective bargaining rights.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Sheboygan is home to the annual Bratwurst Days parade and celebration.

[Secret Agent Man]

I wouldn’t say greatest little town in the world.

But there has been a major improvement to their waterfront areas for tourism, fishing, boating, restaurants and beach lovers. They basically took dilapidated oil storage areas doing nothing and totally turned it around. Both public and private sectors had a part to play. One of the few successes one can point to there and see a real economic improvement. Also a general quality of life improvement for people living there too, to be able to enjoy their best natural asset, the lake.

[Secret Agent Man]

Been there for over 42 years.

They are not hick stores, regarding your chitlins remark. They are full blown grocery/supermarkets. You even ever set foot in one? No different than Sentry, Publix, Pick and Save, or any other fairly large grocery store chain.

[N. Theknow]

Wow! If Piggly Wiggly has been around that long it ought to now be called Hoggly Woggly!