UFCW Stands With Market Basket Workers (#SaveMarketBasket)

[Omaha Steve]

http://nhlabornews.com/2014/08/ufcw-stands-with-market-basket-workers-savemarketbasket/


UFCW Statement on Market Basket Replacement Worker Job Fair

UFCW Logo 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 deadline that Market Basket executives set for workers to return to work before replacement workers would be hired.

“The 1.3 million members of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union stand in solidarity with the Market Basket associates who are fighting to protect their jobs from the ravages of corporate greed. Thousands of workers and customers have come together to fight for a cause that is greater than a single CEO: they are fighting to protect longstanding company values that place workers and customers before profits.

“The brave efforts of Market Basket workers are a shining example of the power workers wield when they stand together and act collectively.

“Furthermore, we condemn the company’s chief executives Felicia Thornton and James Gooch for threatening to terminate striking workers and hire replacements. Market Basket workers have an unassailable right to engage in collective action in defense of their benefits and working conditions. These workers deserve a guarantee that their livelihoods will not be jeopardized by a change in management.”


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1. "UFCW Stands With Market Basket Workers (#SaveMarketBasket)"

Thank you!

[Cha]

2. “Furthermore, we condemn the company’s chief executives Felicia Thornton and James Gooch for

threatening to terminate striking workers and hire replacements."

thank you, Steve and UFCW!

[Overseas]

3. K&R. Glad to hear it.