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11. I used to be second-man in produce at that store before I moved down the road - Local 400

Reply to LiberalEsto (Reply #7)

Sat Jan 21, 2012, 11:21 PM

Jan 2012

I'm in Elkridge now. Some pt benefits. The most aggravating thing is their ability to lower our hours by taking them down to as little as 16 hrs. a week. That happens rarely, but I'm not far from that right now.

The contract talk is just in the rumor stage right now. Usually the pattern is for the company to throw out something outrageous for everyone to obsess on. Then they pull it from the contract and you barely object to the rest of the bull in there because you're tapped out arguing the strawman. It's good to have the website this time around. Hopefully we're better informed.

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My work hours were cut in half at the beginning of the year [View all] bigtree Jan 2012 OP

the 'new normal'. nt xchrom Jan 2012 #1

I know bigtree Jan 2012 #2

Best of luck to you. nm rhett o rick Jan 2012 #3

But but .... Blahrg Blahrg cough "Unions Are Evil" sputter spittle Pholus Jan 2012 #4

We have about 1000 workers left from the earliest contract active bigtree Jan 2012 #5

Thanks for the post. Best of luck to you and yours. russspeakeasy Jan 2012 #6

I'll be watching. Best of luck! nt Pholus Jan 2012 #8

solidarity! mike_c Jan 2012 #21

A friend of mine works at a Giant LiberalEsto Jan 2012 #7

I used to be second-man in produce at that store before I moved down the road - Local 400 bigtree Jan 2012 #11

Overheard in my local Giant a couple of months ago SickOfTheOnePct Jan 2012 #9

wild bigtree Jan 2012 #12

I'd like to hear the answer SickOfTheOnePct Jan 2012 #18

Your CEO is scum. unapatriciated Jan 2012 #10

exactly bigtree Jan 2012 #13

I was going to mention the Safeway/Dominick's situation. Dominick's was "my" grocery store riderinthestorm Jan 2012 #19

What burd is doing to Giant and has done in the past with Dominick's is his mo. unapatriciated Jan 2012 #22

Burd is the 1% Chuuku Davis Jan 2012 #29

Good luck Sera_Bellum Jan 2012 #14

thanks, Sera_Bellum bigtree Jan 2012 #15

Gosh, Sera_Bellum Jan 2012 #16

oh yes bigtree Jan 2012 #17

You are correct and this has been burd's (ceo Safeway) MO from the start. unapatriciated Jan 2012 #23

Behind the scenes, you'll find MBAs w charts and graphs who receive bonuses for what they're doing. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2012 #20

What you say is enlightening except for the fact that burd did this before and after unapatriciated Jan 2012 #24

Here's where you can find some additional information re Burd et al. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2012 #25

Thanks, I'm aware of the others involved. unapatriciated Jan 2012 #26

The MSM is responsible for promoting the hoax that union workers are conservatives. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2012 #27

I totally agree. unapatriciated Jan 2012 #28

My friend had his hours cut a couple years ago.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2012 #30