By adamg on Thu., 4/11/2019 - 1:21 pm
On strike on Truman Parkway in Hyde Park.
At 1 p.m., the United Food & Commercial Workers declared a strike against Stop & Shop across New England. As workers walked out of stores, managers, with nobody left to do any work except for Marty the Spill Finding Robot, shut the stores and associated gas stations.
Announcing the strike:
On strike in Dedham:
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Nah, you won't
By adamg
Thu, 04/11/2019 - 3:05pm
Because if that store is like the stores in Roslindale, Hyde Park and Dedham, management closed it when the workers walked out.
Of course I wont if its closed
By StillFromDorchester
Thu, 04/11/2019 - 3:42pm
How would that be possible?
in the last picture on this
By anon
Thu, 04/11/2019 - 4:14pm
in the last picture on this page you can see a sign on the door saying "this store is temporarily closed"
Many are already back open
By anon
Thu, 04/11/2019 - 7:38pm
Many are already back open
Won't work
By lbb
Fri, 04/12/2019 - 10:40am
They won't be able to staff more than a fraction of them with management and scabs.
I haven't been in one to
By DTP
Fri, 04/12/2019 - 11:05am
I haven't been in one to confirm, but I've heard they're open with a combination of corporate and temp staff, and at least at some locations only the self checkouts are open.
Interestingly their website has no mention of the strike anywhere...
Don't cross a picket line
By "fitting"
Thu, 04/11/2019 - 3:55pm
"Striking in low skilled work is dangerous so I will be a strike breaker"
wut mate?
Scab
By thomas
Thu, 04/11/2019 - 5:24pm
Scab
I thought workers that
By anon
Thu, 04/11/2019 - 5:41pm
I thought workers that crossed the picket line were scabs. Customers who cross the picket line are scabs too?
No, they're not. They have
By anon
Thu, 04/11/2019 - 10:20pm
No, they're not. They have the right to form their own opinions and ignore selfish tantrums
cross the line that's a scab.
By wokers will win
Fri, 04/12/2019 - 7:15am
that's it ^
That's nice. I've been called
By anon
Fri, 04/12/2019 - 11:34am
That's nice. I've been called worse in my life. It doesn't bother me in the least, and I fully intend to continue shopping at the closest grocery store to me.
Well, one can also say
By whyaduck
Fri, 04/12/2019 - 9:20am
that it would be better if one did not cross the picket line, as would then be supporting the workers and their cause, which I do not include in the "selfish tantrum" range.
You might want to bone up on your U.S. labor history before continuing.
I don't support their cause.
By anon
Fri, 04/12/2019 - 9:55am
I don't support their cause. Did you read the contract that was offered? It is outrageously generous. Hence my "tantrum" comment.
So it's more than what you get at your job?
By lbb
Fri, 04/12/2019 - 10:41am
Tell us how they're so much better off than you are.
Bootlicker?
By thomas
Fri, 04/12/2019 - 12:08am
Bootlicker?
don't kink shame lol
By labor will win
Fri, 04/12/2019 - 7:11am
Its ok to lick boots, bot don't be a fucking scab and don't be a snitch.
ugh
By cybah
Thu, 04/11/2019 - 3:07pm
Can't wait to shop at Market Basket this weekend.. its gonna be a zoo. More so than it usually is...
Its the least we can do, S&S put up with Market Basket customers a few years ago...
If you can't get there until the weekend
By jmeltzer
Thu, 04/11/2019 - 4:35pm
then get there really early on the weekend.
I suspect a lot of those S&S customers won't be coming back once they see how much better other chains are. Expect more crowds at MB :-)
The other union supermarket
By E
Thu, 04/11/2019 - 6:20pm
Isn't Shaws unionized?
Exactly
By Luke Warm
Thu, 04/11/2019 - 3:50pm
You will not get what you need unless you exercise power to get it. In civil society unions are capable of supporting you in getting what you need. Full stop.
This is especially dangerous
By Marco
Thu, 04/11/2019 - 3:53pm
for Stop and Shop. As holder of the 'Worst Supermarket in New England" title their ignorant (if not just lazy or shopping there out of convenience) customers are going to be shopping elsewhere and realize they don't need S&S or their high prices, rotting produce, and terrible service. Once they find a decent place for groceries they won't be going back.
SAD!
Here in Arlington
By jmeltzer
Thu, 04/11/2019 - 6:36pm
I suspect most people hope the S&S will just close so that we can finally get an acceptable grocery store in that building.
This Arlingtonian prefers the
By anon
Thu, 04/11/2019 - 8:16pm
This Arlingtonian prefers the Stop & Shop. Better than Whole Foods or Shaws. Trader Joes is better for some things.
My definition of "acceptable grocery store"
By jmeltzer
Fri, 04/12/2019 - 6:52am
does not include Shaw's. Worse than S&S.
As for Whole Foods, if you live in their universe you love them. I don't.
Wegmans
By Anon
Fri, 04/12/2019 - 10:47am
I go out of my way for Wegmans. Sure prices arent as rock bottom as MB, but on par if not better than S+S. Plus i get better products, better employees and a more pleasant shopping experience.
bfresh
By TJX
Thu, 04/11/2019 - 4:41pm
I believe bfresh (such as the one in Davis Square) is part of Stop & Shop these days. Are they part of the strike as well?
bfresh
By Ron Newman
Thu, 04/11/2019 - 5:32pm
I walked over to the Davis Square store this afternoon. It was open as usual, with no picket line. I believe the union workers there have a separate contract. Probably the same is true for the Allston store, but I haven't been over there.
Yeah same
By cybah
Fri, 04/12/2019 - 9:58am
I walked over to bfresh this morning and employees are inside working.
Still won't go there in solidarity with S&S.
bfresh probably isn't unionized, and intently so, so Ahold USA can bypass the union. (happens alot)
bfresh is unionized
By Ron Newman
Fri, 04/12/2019 - 10:17am
but I believe they have a separate contract.
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONsOMDHzPXE]Welcome bfresh members to UFCW Local 1445[/url]
Marty
By E
Thu, 04/11/2019 - 6:18pm
Adam - Can't Marty be programmed to operate a checkout. :-)
I hope the strike ends quickly.
Now I'm thinking
By jmeltzer
Fri, 04/12/2019 - 6:54am
"Marty, The Spill Finding Mayor."
It’s time the minimum wage
By Kay logic
Fri, 04/12/2019 - 5:20am
It’s time the minimum wage reflects the cost of living. Slavery shouldn’t exist! No one should work 40 hours a week and be poor.
I'm PLEADIND WITH ALL SHOPPERS
By Anthony
Fri, 04/12/2019 - 6:18am
First and foremost I am not an employee for Stop & Shop I am a consumer/shopper.
I am asking everyone who normally shop at Stop & Shop to not shop at Stop & Shop.
It is time we the ordinary citizen need to take a personal stance against big companies. Let's help our Stop & Shop working neighbors by not crossing their picket lines please
This actually will give you an opportunity to hopefully shop locally and if you're not happy with their prices have a conversation with the manager. Shop locally.
Shoppers do not cross the picket line please
baby capitalists can blather
By JJ3
Fri, 04/12/2019 - 9:37am
baby capitalists can blather on as much as they like in the comments section. I'm grateful that I don't have to live in their head, and ultimately many of us will show solidarity to the striking workers to help them win, and that's what matters.
This is nice
By lbb
Fri, 04/12/2019 - 10:44am
It's really nice to hear all the voices speaking out in support of the Stop & Shop workers. I'm not a union worker, don't work in a unionized field, but I fully recognize the value of unions in establishing and maintaining some level of economic justice in our society.
every industry can be a union industry
By workers will win
Sat, 04/13/2019 - 7:21am
If you organize your fellow workers every industry can be a union industry.
2 Billion in profits last Year
By anon
Fri, 04/12/2019 - 2:24pm
That is 2,000 millions of dollars of profits for S & S. I believe that Our Debra Goldberg is one of the heirs with about 50 million to her name. As an aside, whenever a Walmart opens, it leads to the demise of about 100 area stores.
$2 billion for the parent, not S&S
By merlinmurph
Wed, 04/17/2019 - 9:22am
Not exactly. That's $2 billion for the parent company, not S&S. Big difference.
What do you think of Sunday overtime pay?
By merlinmurph
Sat, 04/13/2019 - 8:15am
There is very little info out there about the specifics in the negotiations. All I've seen is vague references to pensions, health benefits and pay.
One item I did notice was that S&S wanted to remove overtime pay on Sunday. This is an interesting debate.
Sunday isn't what it used to be, at least here in the USA. We all like to go out and do our shopping on Sunday. It really is no different than any other day. Yes, most people still have Mon-Fri jobs, but there have been a lot of changes in how people work and that includes schedules that include weekends. For example, some staffing has a person working 4 days @ 10ish hours/day, and another person working the other 3 days at 12 hours/day to fill the week.
For the workers, this is a huge issue, as a lot of them depend on their Sunday overtime pay. For corporate, Sunday is just another day.
Any thoughts?
Has anybody seen any specifics with the contract offer?
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