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UFCW Statement on Market Basket Sale
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http://www.ufcw.org/2014/08/28/ufcw-statement-on-market-basket-sale/
WASHINGTON, D.C. Joe Hansen, International President of the UFCW, Richard Charette, UFCW International Vice President and President of UFCW Local 1445, and Dave Fleming, President of UFCW Local 328, today released the following joint statement in response to the sale of Market Basket.
Market Basket workers have secured the return of their preferred corporate leader by standing together in unprecedented collective actions. These workers showed that the real value of any company is not held in stocks, but in the dedication and hard work of its workforce.
Market Basket workers and their families have made tremendous sacrifices, and proved that when they stand together, they have the power to move mountains.
The members of our union have stood in solidarity with Market Basket workers, from rallies to raising a solidarity fund to help laid-off workers. As Market Basket workers negotiate the terms of their return to work, we will continue to offer our solidarity and our support.
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The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) represents more than 1.3 million workers, primarily in the retail and meatpacking, food processing and poultry industries. The UFCW protects the rights of workers and strengthens Americas middle class by fighting for health care reform, living wages, retirement security, safe working conditions and the right to unionize so that working men and women and their families can realize the American Dream. For more information about the UFCWs effort to protect workers rights and strengthen Americas middle class, visit www.ufcw.org, or join our online community at www.facebook.com/UFCWinternational and www.twitter.com/ufcw.
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UFCW Statement on Market Basket Sale (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Aug 2014
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That and 2 million customers boycotting the stores in solidarity with the 25,000 workers.
canoeist52
Aug 2014
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sheshe2
(83,787 posts)1. Wonderful Steve!
The members of our union have stood in solidarity with Market Basket workers, from rallies to raising a solidarity fund to help laid-off workers. As Market Basket workers negotiate the terms of their return to work, we will continue to offer our solidarity and our support.
I am a market basket customer and I boycotted them too. My shelves are bare but we stood together.
Solidarity!
canoeist52
(2,282 posts)2. That and 2 million customers boycotting the stores in solidarity with the 25,000 workers.
The stores were open with skeleton crews and stocked with everything but perishables throughout the strike.
Customers create demand for workers.
Customers shut it down.