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haele

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25. I remember the Safeway Strike...

Tue May 20, 2025, 07:50 PM

May 20

I couldn't fathom why they would allow for the New Hires paid half the current new hire wage for the 5% raise with a small added benefits package. It also included a limit on OT on a monthly basis, and made it harder to promote and easier to lay off without compensation - especially if there were grocery store mergers - which was going on at the time.
The vote was split back then; most workers would have given up the raise for the benefits and did not agree to the hiring wage decrease, but my understanding was that Regional Union Leadership was more interested in a "W" and made a really shitty deal because the strike looked like it would be going on too long
Guess What?
Grocery Stores started merging like crazy, closing stores that were "close competitors (sometimes as far as five to ten miles apart) and not offering layoff compensation that the workers originally had to cover a store closure...

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I'm disgusted ran into these two young kids now married they went to school with 20. [View all] Duncanpup May 20 OP

Oh you bet, union jobs made the middle class. gab13by13 May 20 #1

Unions were bad mouthed just like MotownPgh May 20 #2

People would work to organize a union, gab13by13 May 20 #3

"Right to work" is one of the biggest lies ever perpetrated on working people. ShazzieB May 20 #18

Don't know if you saw or recall this but... BaronChocula May 21 #32

Journalism is entertainment now. MotownPgh May 21 #33

My old man was an accountant, always convinced owners to pay more than local union JT45242 May 20 #4

There were some unions that went too far, gab13by13 May 20 #8

I know PLENTY of democrats in my MotownPgh May 20 #16

I had a teacher quit the union -- because the union saved his wife's (music teacher's job) JT45242 May 20 #17

He got the things the union fought MotownPgh May 20 #21

The Democrats' One and Only Union-Busting Governor (Polis from CO, No Labels Problem Solver when he was in the US House) Celerity May 20 #5

This one needs to be primaried & beaten to a pulp at fhe poles for anto-union bs SheltieLover May 20 #13

Yea but Trump Renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America Ray Bruns May 20 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Ray Bruns May 20 #7

No unions where I have lived, enigmania May 20 #9

I know too many who fail to have a minimal quality of life status. Sharma Dreihund May 20 #10

Forgot who said this but I love it for the truth. chouchou May 20 #11

Kicked and recommended democrank May 20 #12

It's the norm, Dunc, for workers at Wal-Hell, Home Depot, etc. to get SNAP benefits due to low pay SheltieLover May 20 #14

Back in the early 2000's grocery unions ensured higher wages haele May 20 #19

Yup. My older daughter was a cust serv mgr at a grocery store in Chgo burbs back in early 2000s SheltieLover May 20 #20

ya know, DENVERPOPS May 20 #24

I remember the Safeway Strike... haele May 20 #25

Same thing that happened DENVERPOPS May 20 #26

When Hoffa went to prison mountain grammy May 20 #15

Unions are wonderful Jean Genie May 20 #22

My Dad Was A Union Truck Driver ProfessorGAC May 20 #23

A big K and R for a big dose of truth Diamond_Dog May 20 #27

zombie reagan still rules our ekonomikks. no minimum wage hike keeps things down. pansypoo53219 May 20 #28

Duncanpup..did you ever find out if your referral worked out for him? Deuxcents May 20 #29

You can actually make... cannabis_flower May 21 #30

Yeah ( said sadly) Figarosmom May 21 #31

This JustAnotherGen May 21 #34

My Dad was a teamster as a local truck driver. He KPN May 21 #35