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

MassLive.com ^

[matt04]

Here is the full press release from S&S and also where they publicly released their contract proposals. https://stopandshop.com/labor/2019/#/labor/news

[matt04]

[ifinnegan]

First I walked past the Stop and Shop...

[simpson96]

Old joke...

Stop N shop merged with A & P. Now it's called Stop N Pee.

[Psalm 73]

I hope the stores are still open - I love to cross picket lines.

[gibsonguy]

“Stop & Shop has maintained that being the only New England supermarket chain with a unionized work force has put it at a competitive disadvantage.”

Well one look at the picket line proves that point.

[matt04]

Funny you should say that. The store here this photos was taken literally shares a parking lot with non-union Big Y and BJ's with a super Wal-Mart across the street, and a Price Rite less than a mile up the street. These geniuses are happy to not get paid while their customers shop elsewhere, perhaps permanently.

[matt04]

It appears some are, bit not all. The article cited West Springfield as being open within 2 hrs.

[Mark]

It sounds like a lot of job openings soon.

[bwest]

So go to Safeway.

[cgbg]

Stop and Shop is the highest priced grocery store around here, so their claims about competitive disadvantage are legit.

We have many excellent alternatives in the area.

[max americana]

“I hope the stores are still open - I love to cross picket lines.”

I do that all the time. Time is money..there were a few times I got stopped by these assholes, I told them I have business here and it doesn’t involve them..

[billorites]

Welcome to Market Basket!

[matt04]

Lets throw a temper tantrum and not get paid whilst standing in fornt of a sign for our non-union and fully staffed and open competitor. Also see the pic in post #2 wit the BJ's sing in the background.

[nutmeg]

I have to assume our local Stop & Shop *Pharmacy* is still open? We get our prescriptions there...

Other than that, for groceries we have many choices here of other supermarkets and small family-owned markets in which to shop: Big Y, Shop-Rite, Whole Foods, Fitzgerald's, Geissler's, Kane's, Food Bag, The Fresh Market, Highland Park Market, etc.

[nutmeg]

So go to Safeway.

No Safeway stores here in New England, but we have plenty other grocery store choices. Non-union, too!

[9YearLurker]

Here’s a worker with a pretty sorry explanation: yeah, they have better benefits and all that than what other supermarkets they compete with have, but they’re a big company so they ought to offer more still!

https://www.greenwichtime.com/opinion/article/Michael-Dutton-Why-Stop-Shop-workers-could-be-13750965.php

[Ouderkirk]

Hanniford ???

Aren’t they a NE grocer too?

[Macoozie]

Not for Nothing, but my local Stop & Shop has the BEST donuts.

And we all know the world runs on donuts.

BTW, thank Dunkin Donuts, the place with fantastic coffee and horrible tasting donuts for that spelling.
Was “Doughnuts” before that.

[Buckeye McFrog]

They’ll be out of business.

I’ve lost track of how many grocers I’ve watched unions drive to extinction in Pennsylvania and in Michigan.