[matt04]

Strange. Her family started the company, willingly brought in the Union, had labor issues, tried to use non-union labor, had strikes and eventually sold it. I wonder why?

I don't know why things might be different from 1984 in the industry, Jeff. Not like WalMart, Target, Aldi, and a whole host of other non-union competitors moved in to you're once nearly elusive market.

[Vermont Lt]

Stop and Shops are generally dirty places. I worked in one of their produce departments and the first step of the day was to empty the rat traps.

[V_TWIN]

Publix. A little more expensive but well worth it IMO.

[USS Alaska]

Giant Eagle in W PA are almost immune from strikes as 50% of the stores are company owned and union and 50% are independently owned and non-union {but the workers receive about the same hourly rates}.

The unions realize that Giant Eagle faces brutal competition from Walmart, Target, Aldi's etc and the workers are treated fairly.

From a customer perspective, we have excellent choices at competitive prices {but we always bitch about how much the prices increase, which is human nature}.

Contrary to what bill maher thinks about our eating habits, we eat better than kings and queens from medieval times {and most of the people in the world, today}.

[fhayek]

If I had a business, and it became unionized, I would liquidate it immediately. No way would I bust my hump operating a company only to have to give into union demands. Her family decided that selling out was preferable to dealing with union demands. If unions were so great, why didn't they just give in on everything and live in an economic utopia? They wouldn't be in business very long, that's why.

Unions eventually destroy everything they get their hooks into. Union workers know this (or should), but they don't care as long as their bed is feathered.

[ConservaTeen]

Mom said that Stop and Shop was ok.. but she loved Big Y and Shop-Rite.

[Svartalfiar]

Goldberg has sided with the unions in their battle now with current owner Ahold Delhaize. The unions say the company is offering inadequate wages and wants to cut some benefits.

I'm really surprised that more companies don't go into a part-owner type setup with their employees/union. Obviously unions are bad news to start, but once they're in there it's a simple process.

Give employees regular pay, then their only benefit is a bonus based on company profit at the end of the year (25% of profit is split between them, or something like that). (You can include 401k or other benefits as you want.) This makes the employees have some skin in the game, and bases their pay on how wellthe business does, so all these ridiculous more-pay and more-benefits CAN'T hurt the business - it's all based on how much (and if) the business makes any profit.

[SunkenCiv]

Goldberg has sided with the unions in their battle now with current owner Ahold Delhaize. The unions say the company is offering inadequate wages and wants to cut some benefits. "This behavior is the opposite extreme of what my family and I represented and what our relationships were with our families, our workers, our unions," Goldberg said. But according to published reports, while Goldberg's family was involved, labor relations weren't all sunshine and roses. There were attempts to use non-union workers. And there were strikes in 1985 and again in 1988, while the company was contending with takeover bids.

Gosh, but the unionized employee the "journalist" cherry-picked agrees with Goldberg anyway? Stop the presses! And from the FRchives:

• Stop & Shop Employees Win Settlement Against UFCW Officials for Labor Law Violations...
• Stop & Shop employee says union members subjected him to homophobic slurs, threats and harassment
• Woke white liberals on strike call black temps "crack whores" and "work release inmates"
• Elizabeth Warren tells Stop & Shop shoppers, ’Do not cross the picket line’
• ‘This is morally wrong:' Former VP Joe Biden slams Shop & Shop parent company in Dorchester speech
• Lefty goes on strike...three days later freaks out about paying bills
• Stop & Shop ends rebates for reusable bags